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The comparison included these 2012 vehicles:
- Suzuki SX4 SportBack
- Hyundai Accent SE
- Kia Rio
- Mazda2
- Chevrolet Sonic LTZ
- Toyota Yaris SE
- Honda Fit
I won't give away who won, you'll have to see the comparison yourself. Having driven all of these vehicles except the Accent, I believe the results are pretty much as I would've expected.
For whatever reason, MT wasn't able to get that great of mileage out of the Mazda2. I found this remarkable since I was able to extract an impressive 37 MPG out of my 2011 Mazda2 review subject. Huh.
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Economy Five-Door Hatchback Comparison (Motor Trend)
6 comments:
Wheres the Nissan Versa?
And the Honda Fit? Have these two rides just been around too long to be interesting?
I did like the Accent 5 door at the auto show. Glad to see it's well regarded.
@Ducati Scott -- The Fit was in the comparison. (Typo on my part; forgot to list it.)
@Sentra SE -- My guess is they didn't include the Versa hatchback because it's an outgoing model to be 100% replaced next year with the updated version.
I suck. I only pretend to read your blog before complaining about it :P
It's interesting that one manufacturer can produce the first- and last-place vehicles in this segment.
It's nice to see GM has put their old crap behind them and is able to offer such a solid contender in a segment in which it has historically failed terribly. I'm a big fan of the Sonic.
USA Today ran a small-car comparison test too, along with Car & Driver's take it's interesting to compare the comparos.
USAT compared automatics and didn't ding the Fit for buzziness at speed, the Rio comes in SECOND (!) having finished dead-last in the MT test and just above the Versa at C&D. What a difference non-enthusiast priorities make!
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/story/2012-03-19/subcompact-shootout-results/53569824/1
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