Top Ten Hatchback Cars
What is it: The Sonic is compact car, available in either hatchback or sedan bodystyles, with either a six-speed automatic or six-speed manual transmission. It competes with the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, Ford Fiesta and Nissan Versa.
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The front-drive Yaris hatchback competes in a busy field of small cars that includes the Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Accent and Chevrolet Sonic. New for 2017 The Toyota Safety Sense C package, which includes pre-collision braking, lane departure warning and automatic high beams, is standard on all models.
The Subaru Impreza is available as a hatchback, a sedan, a wagon and a coupe. The 2018 Impreza starts at $18,495 (MSRP), with a destination charge of $860. It gets EPA-estimated 25-32 MPG combined.
Not to be confused with the Toyota Corolla sedan — the one you probably know — the 2017 Toyota Corolla iM is a four-door hatchback formerly called the Scion iM. Parent company Toyota dissolved Scion in 2016 but adopted the iM into the Toyota house.
With the Mazda3, you can enjoy all the conveniences of a compact car without ever compromising cargo space. With both rear seatbacks folded down, Mazda3 5-Door models offer up to a generous 47.1 cubic feet of storage space.
What Is the 2017 Honda Fit? The 2017 Honda Fit is a five-seat subcompact hatchback that competes with the Nissan Versa Note, Ford Fiesta and Chevrolet Sonic. Trims levels include LX, EX and EX-L (leather).
Compared with its predecessor, the Rio has become a serious car—maybe by a touch too much. The outgoing hatch—which Kia calls the Rio 5-Door—is one of the funkier designs in its class, with an aggressive body-side line and a stance a bit like a concept car’s.
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What it is: The Fiesta is Ford's subcompact car, and it's available in sedan and four-door hatchback body styles. The Fiesta competes with the Honda Fit, Nissan Versa Note and Hyundai Accent. A performance-oriented Fiesta ST model features a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine.
The Ford® Fiesta SE Hatchback is a mid-level hatch that is packed with additional options like 1.0L EcoBoost® engine, ambient lighting, SYNC® 3, & more.
What it is: The two-door, four-seat Fiat 500 competes with subcompact cars like the Mini Cooper and Smart ForTwo. A cabrio version, dubbed 500c, is available, and buyers can also opt for a high-performance Abarth model or, in select states, the fully electric 500e.
The 2017 Nissan Versa Note is slightly updated for 2017 with new front styling and updated automatic transmission tuning.Pricing is unchanged, but the least-expensive S trim has been dropped and the Versa Note now starts at $16,345 for the S Plus instead of 2016's $15,095 for the S, though with the additional feature content of the S Plus (prices include destination).
Honda is already on track to sell more than 300,000 Civic sedans by year’s end and says they hope to sell an incremental 50,000 hatchbacks starting in January 2017 without cannibalizing sedan or coupe sales.