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Most fun cars to drive
Fun to drive is a subjective measure—an elusive quality that can mean different things to different people. From our experience, a car can have a very powerful engine and accelerate quickly, but without handling agility, it’s not much fun.
For us, fun is a combination of factors such as handling response, sound, and the nature of the power delivery that lead to grin-inducing satisfaction.
To come up with our list of the most fun cars to drive, we first took a slice according to our scores for handling, steering feel, and body control. Then we looked at acceleration, but found most cars today have plenty of power. Finally, we took a secret ballot to give our testers a chance to capture those elusive subjective qualities, including sounds. Below, we present our picks for the cars that are the most and least fun to drive.
| Category |
Most fun |
Least fun |
| Sports/sporty cars |
BMW M235i, BMW 328i, Cadillac ATS, Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Fiesta ST, Ford Focus ST, Ford Mustang GT, Mazda Miata, Mini Cooper S, Porsche 911, Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ, Porsche Boxster, Subaru Impreza WRX, Volkswagen GTI |
Acura ILX, BMW Z4,
Chevrolet Camaro, Nissan 370Z |
| Luxury cars |
Audi A6, Infiniti Q70, Jaguar XJ, Porsche Panamera, Tesla Model S
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BMW 750Li |
| Compact & subcompact cars |
Ford Focus, Mazda3, Mini Cooper, Volkswagen Golf |
Nissan Versa, Scion iQ, Smart ForTwo |
| Small SUVs |
BMW X1, Ford Escape, Mini Cooper Countryman, Nissan Juke, Porsche Macan, Volkswagen Tiguan
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Jeep Compass |
| Midsized SUVs |
Porsche Cayenne |
Toyota 4Runner |
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