car reviews

Toyota aims to keep the city car alive by making it a crossover SUV thing. Your nan will like it

A comprehensive little supermini that holds its own against the competition

If you’re not quite ready to go electric yet then you could do a lot worse than the baby Skoda

Fiat's recast 500 is a solid, refined little electric car

The Panda is often overlooked, perhaps through familiarity, but it still has the power to surprise

City cars aren’t dead yet - the i10 is grown-up, comfy and loaded with kit

A cult favourite, and with good reason. Fast, fun and frugal, the Mk1 Fabia vRS is a relic of a bygone era

One of the smallest cars on sale makes a good case for itself if you seek simplicity

The Fortwo is like a hypercar: great in its chosen environment, and pretty rubbish elsewhere

VW’s tiniest, cheapest hot hatch has similar horsepower and weight to the original Mk1 Golf GTI. Time to party like it’s 1975

As useful as cars get below about £20k. But as joyful? Um...

Your nan’s supermini handles like the proverbial go-kart, but ain’t as complete as a Fiesta

The 500 looks tempting and fun where so many cars in this segment are drab.

Fun to drive, fun to operate and cheap to run. Other city cars are cleverer, but it's still competitive

Smart’s four-door take on the Renault Twingo. Refined, cute, but we wish it were more fun

Peugeot did a decent job with the 107's replacement, but it forgot to add character

Renault has tried something different with the Twingo, and it's worked

This is the one they all need to watch out for. VW has finally got serious about the city car

It's not the car it was, the Renaultsport Clio. Still fast, with a nice chassis, but not a patch on before