Along with two designations from Ward's AutoWorld in 2012, Accent was the highest rated
subcompact sedan by a leading enthusiast magazine, above Chevrolet Sonic, Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris.
Not exact matches
Scion has been somewhat revitalized
by two new additions to its lineup this year, the iA
subcompact sedan and iM compact hatchback, which helped boost brand sales above year - ago in September (50.4 %) and October (44.6 %).
Creating a well - proportioned
subcompact sedan with usable interior space is no easy feat, so it's nice to see the Accent escape the ungainliness suffered
by the Ford Fiesta, Nissan Versa, and Chevrolet Sonic.
I can envision a Subaru - like lineup of
subcompact and compact all - wheel - drive
sedans, hatchbacks, wagons and small SUVs, built
by JLR, powered
by three - and four - cylinder Ingenium engines, and wearing the Vauxhall badge.
The 2016 Scion iA is a
subcompact four - door model, build
by Mazda and based on the Mazda2
sedan.
Indeed, some of these entries supply as much front - row headroom and legroom as a full - size
sedan, with that space set off
by a compact - to -
subcompact second - row capacity in double - cab pickups and noticeably more room to sprawl out in the crew - cab versions.
The Giulia launch will be followed
by Alfa's first SUV early in 2017 and a full - sized
sedan in late 2017 as FCA broadens Alfa's lineup beyond the Giulia compact, Mito
subcompact and and the limited - run 4c sports car.
One way to help save some money on the commute is
by investing in an inexpensive
subcompact sedan that is extremely efficient.
By the standards of 1980, the Jetta offered enough power for a
subcompact sedan — 76 horsepower from its 1.6 - liter four - cylinder engine.
While the car's exterior dimensions are consistent with those of traditional
subcompacts, Accent is classified
by the EPA as a compact
sedan thanks to its interior volume.
Now, Toyota is getting set to launch an all - new Yaris
subcompact sedan that was engineered
by Mazda.
As either a
sedan or 5 - door hatchback, standard equipment on the 2015
subcompact Chevy Sonic LS includes a 1.8 - liter engine, 5 - speed manual transmission, air conditioning, Bluetooth, steering wheel audio controls, 4 - speaker AM / FM / aux sound system and OnStar with 3 - month 4G LTE Wi - Fi and a 6 - month subscription that includes convenient turn -
by - turn navigation.
Individual categories were captured
by the Audi S7 (premium large
sedan), Buick LaCrosse (large
sedan), Chev Corvette (luxury sports car), Infiniti QX60 (luxury large SUV / crossover), Jeep Wrangler (compact SUV / crossover), Mazda MX - 5 RF (sports car), Mitsubishi Mirage (
subcompact) and Subaru Impreza (compact hatchback).
Hyundai hopes to fix its sales softness, down 15 percent year - to - date, caused
by over-reliance on
sedans with the new
subcompact Hyundai Kona SUV.
Nissan's Revival Plan is still in full swing, as witnessed
by the simultaneous launch of two key vehicles: the
subcompact Sentra and the Altima in the midsize
sedan category.