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2012 Scion iQ Micro Compact Hatchback

2012 Scion IQ subcompact coupe

It scores major marks for style and substance, and, as we observe during drive tests in the urban sprawl of Tucson, also draws spectator attention on street corners due to the unusually small package and dramatic geometric styling. This itsy-bitsy economy car carries the nameplate of iQ for model-year 2012 and conforms as a micro compact 3-door hatchback coupe developed exclusively for Scion in America. Read More »

2012 Subaru Impreza Compact Sedan and Hatchback

2012 Subaru Impreza Compact Sedan

Impreza has been redesigned in a fourth generation of models for 2012, which conform as a 4-door notchback sedan and 5-door hatchback. Collectively, these new vehicles are stronger, more powerful and more serious than any previous Imprezas, and they look streamlined slick dressed in sleek new packages. Read More »

2012 Audi A7 Mid-Size Hatchback Sedan

2013 Audi A7 Mid-Size Sedan Hatchback

Our vehicle -- the latest clever concept from Audi of Germany -- carries a badge of A7 and slots into the mid-size class in configuration with a 2+2 cockpit and four doors for passengers plus a tail-side portal. With a low roofline and integrated rear doors, the A7 looks sleek and swift like a curve-craving coupe, yet it provides the four cabin doors of a practical sedan and carves out additional cargo room in the hind quarters like a functional wagon. Read More »

2012 Mazda Mazda5 Compact Hatchback

2012 Mazda 5 Compact Hatchback

Labeled as the Mazda5 (the digit represents the summation of cabin portals including two swing-out doors for front seats, two side sliders plus a hatchback lid at the tail), Mazda's mini-minivan in new generational format for 2012 is marketed as a multi-activity vehicle (MAV). The compact platform of Mazda's pavement-hugging and curve-craving Mazda3 four-door sedan supports the wedge-shaped structure of a tall little wagon rigged with the sliding side doors of a minivan and a long cabin lined with three pairs of adjustable flip-and-fold seats with 16 different configurations for a capacity of anywhere from two to six passengers. Read More »

2012 Mazda Mazda3 Compact Sedan and Hatchback

2012 Mazda 3 compact sedan and hatchback

The fact that this particular Mazda bears an extended roofline encasing the boxy back end of a long-body 5-door hatchback and its form looks more like a carpooler's sled than a racy sports machine casts an image in-congruent with this lively performance attitude, yet Mazda has never followed the conventional path in automotive design and the 2012 Mazda3 5-Door confirms the point. Read More »

2012 Kia Soul Subcompact Crossover SUV

2012 Kia Soul Compact SUV

Boxy square with a flat roof pitched over angled windows and roly-poly shoulders circling pint-size wheels, Kia's hatchback Crossover SUV features bold styling that begins up front at a stubby prow housing a narrow chrome grille and oversized headlamp clusters. Below is a gaping lower grille with cutouts for air intake ports. It joins flanking thick strips of body-colored fascia which wrap around front corners and arch over front wheels as articulated muscular shoulders. Read More »

2012 Kia Rio Subcompact Hatchback

2012 Kia Rio Subcompact Sedan hatchback

Rio 5-Door in long-roof hatchback format spins off Kia's Rio 4-door notchback sedan, which has been rebuilt for a third generation in the Class of 2012. Each Rio 5-Door model features a sleek package design with pronounced wedge profile and a prominent prow with gaping lower grille divided into three sections, edgy contours on side panels and wheelwell flares which turn into sculpted shoulders. Read More »

2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse Compact Hatchback Coupe

2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse Coupe

The resultant fluid car body, daring and bold in a format guaranteed to delight the eye, dresses the 2012 Eclipse, which appears in four trim grades. Eclipse GS is the bottom-price edition with a four-cylinder engine tied to a five-speed manual gearbox or optional four-speed automatic with Sportronic sequential shift control. Read More »

2012 Chevrolet Sonic Subcompact Sedan And Hatchback

2012 Chevrolet Sonic Subcompact Sedan And Hatchback

The two new Sonic models vary toward the tail, where Sonic Sedan shows an arched roof concluding at a brief trunk ledge while Sonic Hatch has the roof extending beyond the lip of the back door before diving down through a liftgate to the body-colored wrap of a tail bumper. Both Sonic Sedan and Sonic Hatch contain a passenger compartment with room for five riders plus more personal space than the pint-size appearance may indicate and far more standard features than the typical economy car. Read More »

2012 Hyundai Accent Subcompact Sedan And Hatchback

2012 Hyundai Accent Subcompact Sedan and Hatchback

Rank the 2012 Accent as completely new in body style, cabin size, mechanical components and fuel economy scores -- it delivers as much as 40 miles per gallon (mpg) for cruising on a highway. Accent looks like a streamlined sports car that conforms to a family-friendly four-door notchback sedan or a cargo-hauling five-door hatchback. Read More »