These Are the Smallest Cars You Could Actually Live With

“I’ve used a Fiat X1/9 as a daily driver and you can’t a buy car that small in the US anymore. It was a road legal go-cart. Small cars are more fun.”

Starting things strong with a sleek Italian sports car. The Fiat X1/9 was just 150 inches long when it went on sale back in the early ‘70s.

Suggested by: Ray Houghton (Facebook)

“I get that it isn’t small small, but it’s small enough to be a seen as a small car by most and would involve little to no compromise due to its size. Plus, it has a small price tag compared to most EVs with its range.”

The Chevrolet Bolt can cover 1.6 miles of all-electric driving for every one of its 163-inches of length.

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“Had a 2000 Focus three-door hatchback that could double as a clown car. Could handle 98% of anything thrown at it. Even have an album of all the crazy things it’s hauled. Not saying the hatch was closed for all of them though.”

I would like to see the album of everything you squeezed into your 2000s Ford Focus, please share?

Suggested by: @CarSnaab (Twitter)

“I posted this in the past, but the XB was cool. I’m still shocked, my friends dad had bought one and we all went snow boarding, now we were all either over 6 feet or close to it, that’s four people Plus two skis and two boards and I still had plenty of room.”

Whether you call it a Scion XB, a Toyota Rukus or even a Toyota Corolla Rumion, this was a small car when it debuted back in 2003. Sadly, small cars like this don’t seem to exist anymore.

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“Subaru Vivio RX-R was my jam for a couple of years before I had to sell it and return to Canada. I’d love to own one again.”

This little pocket rocket from Subaru was good enough to enter some rally events back in the 1990s. And if it’s good enough for rally it’s good enough for your daily commute, right?

Suggested by: Jeevy Siva (Facebook)

“The Suzuki Jimny

“Small enough to be city friendly and yet can tackle pretty much any terrain you can throw at it if you are trying to get somewhere remote.

“Honorable mention would be the Lada Niva.”

I think we found renowned Jimny fan José Rodríguez Jr’s burner account.

Suggested by: thedriveress

“This is obvious. The Honda Fit. Small enough to be easy to park and great on gas, but big enough to seat 4 comfortably and haul all your stuff.”

The Honda Fit might have been killed off stateside, but that won’t stop us from regarding it as one of the best cars for most people.

Suggested by: @FritzLienemann (Twitter)

“I think Miata is a pretty good answer here. As an only car, it would mean I might have to rent something bigger on occasion, but getting past the idea that we need to own a vehicle capable of all of our “sometimes” needs would go a long way in decreasing the average vehicle size.

“If I had a family, I’d need something with back seats. Something like a Golf would suffice.”

As always, the answer is Miata.

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“I’m 6'8" and my daily driver is a Chevrolet Sonic hatchback.”

If it’s good enough for someone 6'8" then it’s good enough for you.

Suggested by: Jeremy Shiffer (Facebook)

“I’ve owned two now, one was my daily driver through three New England winters. The perfect size for a married couple without kids. It technically has a back seat but it’s really just useful for tossing your coat back. With the rear seats folded down, it can fit a set of four tires or a lawnmower with ease. I wish the 2nd gen Fiat 500e came to the U.S.!”

The new Fiat 500 look slick. If everyone drove round in one of these, the world would be a batter place.

Suggested by: stalephish

“Nothing smaller than a midsize sedan or crossover. A 1/2 pickup would be too large for me, but I like having space. A Sonata or CX5 (or their competitors) would be the smallest I’d go.”

At more than 190-inches long, this is one of the bigger entries we had. But, if a Sonata is as small as you can go, then a Sonata is as small as you can go.

Suggested by: @IAmGaroott (Twitter)

“Mazda3 hatch, manual. I can haul my family of 5 for around town and 1-hr trips. The 2.5 L could do better with the MPGs tho…”

The Mazda3 is a handsome little hatch these days. And, it sounds like it could be a practical daily driver for a lot of people too!

Suggested by: daiyinglu

“Bugeye Sprite or Alfa Spider with the chrome rack on the trunk lid.

“Drop the top to carry really big things, or strap it to the roof of the aftermarket fiberglass hardtop.🤣”

Despite being more than 50 percent trunk and hood, the Alfa Romeo Spider still measures just 16 inches from top to bottom.

Suggested by: Anthony Feliciano (Facebook)

“The new electric Renault Zoe. It is an EV, it is a city car, and for an EV, it is affordable.”

The Renault Zoe starts at €20,700 in France, which is roughly $20,500 here in ‘Merica. But, you can’t have one here, because apparently America doesn’t want fun little EVs.

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“Took an ‘11 Mini Hatch over 2,000 miles with camping equipment and shopping. Living as myself with my partner, you don’t need anything bigger. Only reason to get something larger would be if you have kids.”

Kids: forcing people into bigger cars for decades.

Suggested by: @SuperSpeedSal (Twitter)

“Back in the UK my wife had a Smart ForFour and that suited us for most daily tasks such as grocery getting. With the back seats down, it had a surprisingly big load capacity too, and a more useful space than my 1 Series BMW.

“I’m sure a ForFour would be perfectly fine for around town here in Atlanta, but I would want something a little bigger on the interstates.”

Do you feel like you need something bigger on the interstate because everyone else is driving behemoths that could crush you at any second?

Suggested by: 365daytonafan01

“Grew up in a MG Midget. Fun little car, real pain to get in/out of. We parted ways when I could see the car behind me clearly in the rear view mirror: that other car was behind a cement truck…”

Produced between 1961 and 1980, the MG Midget measures just 137 inches in length. It’s so small that it’s 80-inch wheelbase could fit in the bed of a Ford F-Series truck.

Suggested by: Jim Paetow (Facebook)