Hatchbacks are smart. They’re compact, agile, fun, fuel-efficient, and very practical. And most of them are priced really well too. They’re also inexpensive to repair and live with. Here are the best options:
Honda Fit
The Honda Fit has a spacious and handsome cabin with a configurable rear seat that makes loading different types and sizes of cargo easy. It also has a lot of safety features and boasts excellent fuel economy.
Honda Civic
The Honda Civic is a favorite. It has athletic handling, a smooth ride, great fuel efficiency, powerful engine choices, and a spacious passenger and cargo area.
Mazda 3
This stunning hatchback boasts sharp handling, a powerful lineup of engines, upscale cabin materials, and a user-friendly infotainment system. It’s one of the best in its class.
VW GTI
This is the best hot hatch to buy. It offers thrilling handling and solid acceleration from a muscular engine. There’s also impressive passenger and cargo space, and the interior quality is nice.
Hyundai Veloster
The Hyundai Veloster offers lively handling, powerful optional turbocharged engines, an intuitive infotainment system, but mixed interior quality. It does have a low base price and a strong list of standard options.
Kia Rio
This small hatch offers an engaging ride, strong predicted reliability ratings, a user-friendly infotainment system, and great fuel economy. It doesn’t have too many safety features, though.
Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla is known for its gentle ride, good gas mileage, easy-to-use infotainment controls, and excellent predicted reliability ratings. It’s not as powerful, agile, and practical as some of its rivals, though.
VW Golf
The standard Golf offers composed handling, a high-end cabin, roomy back seat, large cargo golf, and great fuel economy with its manual transmission version. But the infotainment system and acceleration could be better.
Chevy Sonic
The Chevrolet Sonic is sportier than some rivals, has a spacious cabin and roomy seats, an easy-to-use infotainment system, and plenty of cargo space. Its interior quality could use a refresh.
Chevy Bolt
The all-electric Bolt offers swift acceleration, engaging handling, lengthy battery range, and spacious cargo hold. Some cabin materials are cheap and are hurting its overall ranking.
