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Car Rankings: Affordable Small Cars

Ranking of compact cars and subcompact cars, generally priced under $20,000. Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, MINI Cooper and more. Rankings based on an in- depth analysis by U.S. News editors of all published auto ratings, reviews and test drives. Rankings List
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#1

20 12 Fo rd Fie st a

9.2
EXCELLENT

9 .3

8 .4

8 .8

NA

NA

$13,20 0 $17,50 0

City: 28 (20 11) Hwy: 37 (20 11)

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#1

20 11 Ho nda Fit

9.2
EXCELLENT

8 .4

7.3

8 .8

10 .0

9 .0

$15,10 0 $19 ,240

City: 27 Hwy: 33

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#3

20 11 Kia Fo rt e

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9.0
EXCELLENT

7.9

8 .7

8 .6

10 .0

NA

$14,9 9 5 City: 25 $19 ,39 5 Hwy: 34

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#4

20 12 Fo rd Fo cus

8.9
VERY GO O D

8 .4

8 .5

7.4

10 .0

NA

$16 ,50 0 City: 26 $22,70 0 Hwy: 36

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#5

20 12 Che vro le t So nic

8.8
VERY GO O D

8 .4

8 .0

8 .8

NA

NA

$13,735 $18 ,49 5

City: TBD Hwy: TBD -

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#5

20 12 Hyundai Elant ra

8.8
VERY GO O D

8 .4

9 .1

8 .3

NA

NA

$15,19 5 City: 29 $20 ,445 Hwy: 40

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#7

20 12 Che vro le t Cruze

8.7
VERY GO O D

8 .5

7.3

8 .5

NA

NA

$16 ,720 $23,110

City: 25 Hwy: 36

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#8

20 11 Mini Co o pe r

8.6
VERY GO O D

8 .4

8 .4

6 .6

9 .4

NA

$19 ,40 0 City: 29 $34,30 0 Hwy: 37

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20 12 Hyundai Acce nt

8.4
VERY GO O D

7.6

8 .0

8 .3

NA

NA

$12,445 City: 30 $16 ,79 5 Hwy: 40

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#9

20 11 Mazda3

8.4
VERY GO O D

8 .6

5.6

8 .5

9 .2

5.0

City: 25 $15,8 0 0 (Est) $23,8 10 Hwy: 33 (Est)

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#9

20 12 Nissan Ve rsa

8.4
VERY GO O D

7.6

8 .0

8 .6

NA

NA

$No ne $No ne

City: No ne Hwy: No ne

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#9

20 11 Scio n xB

8.4
VERY GO O D

7.7

8 .2

7.9

10 .0

7.0

$16 ,0 0 0 City: 22 $19 ,355 Hwy: 28

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#9

20 11 Vo lkswage n Go lf

8.4
VERY GO O D

8 .5

8 .4

8 .5

10 .0

4.0

$17,9 9 5 City: 23 $24,9 8 5 Hwy: 33

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#14

20 12 FIAT 5 0 0

8.3
VERY GO O D

8 .4

9 .1

6 .9

NA

NA

$15,50 0 City: 30 $23,50 0 Hwy: 38

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#14

20 12 Kia Rio

8.3
VERY GO O D

7.6

8 .0

6 .5

NA

NA

$0 $0

City: 27 (20 11) Hwy: 36 (20 11)

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#14

20 11 Mazda2

8.3
VERY GO O D

8 .9

6 .5

8 .0

8 .8

6 .0

City: 29 $14,18 0 (Est) $16 ,435 Hwy: 35 (Est)

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#17

20 11 Scio n t C

8.2
VERY GO O D

7.5

8 .0

7.7

10 .0

NA

$18 ,275 City: 23 $19 ,275 Hwy: 31

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#18

20 11 Ho nda CR-Z

8.1
VERY GO O D

7.4

8 .0

7.9

8 .3

8 .0

$19 ,345 City: 31 $23,355 Hwy: 37

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#19

20 11 Ho nda Insight

8.0
VERY GO O D

7.8

8 .8

7.3

10 .0

9 .0

$18 ,20 0 City: 40 $23,26 5 Hwy: 43

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#19

20 11 Kia So ul

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8.0
VERY GO O D

7.1

8 .6

8 .8

9 .3

5.0

$13,30 0 City: 26 $18 ,49 5 Hwy: 31

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#19

20 11 Nissan Cube

8.0
VERY GO O D

7.2

7.5

8 .3

10 .0

6 .0

$14,740 $21,6 40

City: 25 Hwy: 30

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#22

20 11 Mit subishi Lance r

7.9
GO O D

7.7

9 .1

7.0

10 .0

6 .0

$15,29 5 City: 24 $28 ,0 9 5 Hwy: 33

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#22

20 11 Subaru Im pre za

7.9
GO O D

7.8

6 .6

7.3

10 .0

7.0

$17,49 5 City: 20 $20 ,9 9 5 Hwy: 27

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#22

20 12 Vo lkswage n Be e t le

7.9
GO O D

8 .4

NA

5.5

NA

NA

$18 ,9 9 5 $29 ,0 9 5

City: TBD Hwy: TBD -

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#25

20 12 Ho nda Civic

7.8
GO O D

8 .0

8 .0

8 .0

10 .0

NA

City: 28 $15,6 0 5 (Est) $23,455 Hwy: 36 (Est)

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20 11 Suzuki SX4

7.8
GO O D

7.8

7.9

8 .0

8 .7

4.0

$13,49 9 $19 ,249

City: 23 Hwy: 33

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#25

20 11 To yo t a Co ro lla

7.8
GO O D

7.7

7.1

7.4

10 .0

8 .0

$15,9 0 0 City: 28 $18 ,6 0 0 Hwy: 35

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#28

20 12 Ho nda Civic Hybrid

7.7
GO O D

7.2

8 .0

7.7

NA

NA

$24,0 50 $26 ,750

City: Hwy:

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#29

20 11 Scio n xD

7.5
GO O D

7.3

7.8

7.3

8 .7

5.0

$15,110 City: 27 $17,70 5 Hwy: 33

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#30

20 11 Sm art Fo rt wo

7.4
GO O D

6 .4

8 .2

8 .5

NA

NA

$12,49 0 City: 33 $17,6 9 0 Hwy: 41

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#30

20 12 To yo t a Yaris

7.4
GO O D

7.0

7.9

7.2

NA

NA

$14,115 $17,20 0

City: 30 (Est) Hwy: 38 (Est)

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#32

20 12 Nissan Se nt ra

7.1
GO O D

6 .8

7.0

7.7

NA

NA

$16 ,0 6 0 $20 ,6 20

City: 24 (Est) Hwy: 31 (Est)

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Car 20 12 Mit subishi i-MiEV $No ne $No ne City: No ne Hwy: No ne Ove rall Pe rf o rm ance Ext e rio r Int e rio r Saf e t y Re liabilit y MSRP MPG

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

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20 11 Scio n iQ $No ne $No ne City: No ne Hwy: No ne

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

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20 12 To yo t a Prius c $No ne $No ne City: No ne Hwy: No ne

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

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