These Are the Cutest Cars You Say Were Ever Made

This conversation has to begin and end with the Austin Healey Bug-Eye Sprite. Not only does it have an inherently cute look - it has a sort of earnestness about it - like a puppy that desperately wants to play with you. I just want to go up and give it a floor pan rub. Or scratch it behind the headlights.

Congrats. You win. This is the cutest car ever. There was a lot of stiff competition, but the fact that it’s a convertible (the best vehicle body style) is what put it over the top for me.

Submitted by: TheWalrus

Why you do dis to me!? I love little cuties. Fiat 500, Mini, Nissan Figaro, Sprite, Isetta, Panda, Twingo, Honda E...

Chantacler... Dang.

This is the only car to my knowledge that is named after a chicken. Respect.

Submitted by: sybann

I’m going to vote in my wife’s 2017 Mini Cooper S vert. It has brought her into the car world. It has a name. It has been dressed up with Minnie Mouse ears at Halloween...She absolutely loves this car.

I absolutely love the Mini convertible. You also get bonus points for buying one from before Mini added the Union Jack taillights.

Submitted by: gokstate

Look at it, it’s like a puppy dressed up as service dog. Its so cute and you can tell it’s going to try its hardest

This is the first Kei car I’ve ever seen that actually made me smile. All the rest are terrifying death traps I’d never want to get into.

Submitted by: the_AUGHT

Among recent cars I would have to say the Fiat 500 Abarth convertible. Among older cars, it’s ...... still the Fiat 500

I love, love, love the 500, and I cannot wait for the next generation to finally return to our shores.

Submitted by: icemilkcoffee

I had a lady friend who found the Lotus Elise so ‘cute’ she seriously considered trading in her Toyota Previa in on one. Then she drove one and realized she was at eye level with the hubs of semi-trailer.

The first generation Elise is such a lovely piece of design. I never liked the subsequent cars as much.

Submitted by: Earthbound Misfit I

I think the win should go to the Sprite, as mentioned by others, but I have to at least nominate the Neon for the classic ad.

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Submitted by: CSX321

The Porsche 356 is a simply adorable car; big, hopeful, innocent eyes for headlights, bodywork that’s nothing but gentle, soft curves, and diminutive proportions that make me want to hug every one I see. Just an absolute cutie.

I never really thought of the 356 as a “cute car” until now. Congrats!

Submitted by: Aldairon

First-gen renault twingo and every other answer is wrong. I really want to get one and race it in gridlife sundae cup

I want to scratch the Twingo’s chin like a little dog. Does that make sense? I hope it makes sense. I’m not weird I swear.

Submitted by: BigRed91

The Peel P50 Top Gear bit was such a formative moment in my life. It really is some of the best programming ever put on television. Usually I’d omit this since you didn’t bother to include any sort of caption, but I just love the P50 that much.

Submitted by: darthspartan117

There was that pink Cadillac from Goodfellas. But that didn’t work out too well for Johnny RoastBeef and his wife...

They should have listened to Jimmy. I also cannot see this car without thinking of Derek and the Dominos.

Submitted by: gokstate

I don’t care if it’s real or not. I wanna drive an apple. The Isetta is probably the closest we’ll get.

My Apple Car was better.

Submitted by: Tim the KNinja

Possibly the only thing that can give an Austin Healey Sprite any competition, the Ferves Ranger

It looks like baby’s first off-roader. Approved!

Submitted by: nic

Awww…now who could stay mad looking at a second-gen Mazda 3 with a face like that? Some jerk driving one could be tailgating me while flashing their lights and blaring their horn and I would still smile back at the friendly face in my rear view mirror.

You’re very wrong, but you do you boo.

Submitted by: paradescar

Always the answer

You really cannot go wrong with a Miata, can you?

Submitted by: TooMuchWombat

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