Category Sub-Compact Cars

Four hundred and ninety three.

Ford EcoSport

The subcompact Mercedes-Benz A-Class sedan is the entry point to the luxury manufacturer. With the lowest price point, only one version of the car is available, the A 220. It can be had with front-or all-wheel drive and comes exclusively with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. 

If the MINI Cooper 2-Door is a bit too impractical, maybe the 4-Door is the answer. By slightly stretching the iconic MINI Cooper, a set of rear doors are added making access to the back seats easier. Otherwise, everything we love about the 2-Door Cooper is included with the 4 Door. But there is one caveat; the JCW is not offered on this model. 

“You are a perfectly adequate little car.”

Mitsubishi Mirage G4

Small subcompact sedans are very few and far between these days. But the Nissan Versa is one of the few entries left on the market. It offers surprising levels of passenger space at an affordable price point. 

There aren’t a lot of cars that start under $20,000 these days. There are even less that slip under that bar when fully loaded.

Out of the dozen of new vehicles I’ve driven in the last year, the 2024 Chevrolet Trax Activ might be the one I’ve been anticipating the most.

The 2024 Chevrolet Trax might be Chevy’s most improved model, ever. Stylish and reasonably priced, this alluring crossover might be good enough to make you forget that you can’t get AWD.

The Toyo Celsius II all-season tire will supersede the Celsius and Celsius CUV tires. As you’d expect, the new tire is designed to provide good year-round service. It departs from the norm with a Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) designation, which means it’s qualified for severe snow conditions. 

Enthusiasts know the deal all too well. The number of manual transmission cars are disappearing at an alarming rate. 

When opening the first embargoed images of the new-for-2024 Chevrolet Trax on my PC, a thought entered my head almost immediately.

It’s a simple matter of physics. The lighter a vehicle is, the more agile and efficient it will be. 

When it’s cold enough to form icicles on your eyelashes, or fry an omelette on your car’s hood, a little comfort is appreciated. 

We covered this earlier this month, but used car prices are getting ridiculous. How ridiculous? On average, lightly used cars are fetching more money than what they cost when new. 

America’s most affordable car will end production this August.

The days of the $10,000 new car are long gone. However, when you take into account the added safety and convenience features of today’s cars, they might just be better value than ever before.

Diminutive. Tiny. Efficient. Whatever you call them, these are the smallest new cars you can buy.

Car owners spend more time inside their car than looking at it from the outside. So, a car’s interior should be a nice place to be.

“You are a perfectly adequate little car.”

It’s mechanically identical to the Subaru BRZ but now gets the GR name. 

Nissan could have left things as they were in the current SUV-friendly market and not completely overhauled the Versa.

America’s most affordable car achieved the feat with just regular maintenance 

Both the refreshed hatchback and compact crossover will enter production summer 2021.

The value-packed Japanese brand has improvements planned for almost every one of its vehicles in the next 12 months, whether updates or full generational changes.

The cheapest way into the Toyota lineup for 2021 will now be the $20,780 Corolla sedan—an increase of $4,175.

MINI has made its value-oriented Oxford Edition models available to all buyers, drastically lowering the price of entry for the cars.

Are you a young driver in need of a new car or the parent of one that will be making the monthly payments? 

Inexpensive usually equates to underwhelming. After all, you can’t expect filet mignon for the price of a fast food burger.

Nissan just unveiled its brand new 2020 Versa subcompact sedan. This totally overhauled small car brings more technology, extra refinement, and fresh design to a vehicle segment more typically known for utilitarianism and bargain-basement prices.

Following up on their somewhat mystifying teaser posts, Volvo has made the even more mystifying decision not to show any cars at its stand at the LA Auto Show.

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The Ford EcoSport is simultaneously one of the first and one of the last subcompact crossovers to market.

The Toyota Corolla hatch places an emphasis on having a fun and engaging driving experience, so it should be no surprise that Toyota is open to building a Gazoo Racing performance version of the new compact.

Shopping for a certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicle in Canada? This list is a great place to start.

The refreshed 2019 Toyota Yaris Sedan has debuted before the 2018 New York Auto Show. 

Mediocrity is born from being lazy and too comfortable and Hyundai is not having any of that.

It’s rare that a modern car stands out not just for what it is, but also the potential for what it could be.

Fiat is turning the wick up for 2018. Its iconic 500 subcompact gets standard turbo power, a welcome upgrade.

Available on the 2018 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, the 10th Anniversary Edition will make its debut at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show.

You might believe the cheaper a car, the less it costs to fix after a collision. But that’s not necessarily the case.

If you want to go fast, there are plenty of cars on the market today that can deliver bucket-loads of speed, but certain high-performance models are best avoided.

The Hyundai Accent has been totally redone for the 2018 model year and this is interesting because the subcompact segment isn’t doing too hot right now — everyone is making the move to crossovers.

It’s a symptom of the universe that the slow death of small cars in the United States is heralded by perhaps the best crop of safe, efficient, and affordable compact and subcompact vehicles to have ever been available to budget-conscious buyers.

In addition to the e-Survivor, an electric off-roader with a traditional frame that draws inspiration from the brand’s Suzuki, Jimny and Vitara models, Suzuki has several other world debuts scheduled for this year’s Tokyo Motor Show.