6/10NissanMicra£7,940 – £22,385It's engine range isn't class leading, but overlook that and the Micra is a massively improved contender
7/10KiaPicanto£8,290 – £14,950Another string to Kia’s ever more impressive bow, the Picanto is a fun and interesting city car.
8/10Hyundaii10£8,940 – £14,290City car that feels more grown up than its size would suggest. Hyundai has hit on a winner here.
6/10ToyotaAygo£9,640 – £15,245Toyota has changed more about the little Aygo than you might think, but the dull and rather small cabin keeps it behind the best of the rest
Editor’s choice8/10FiatPanda£9,855 – £18,040Better than ever, the Fiat Panda is still a worthy rival to the VW Up.
8/10SkodaCitigo£9,935 – £11,235Skoda offers it in a very pretty green. There’s your reason to not buy a Mii.
8/10VolkswagenUp£9,955 – £14,725Will shake up the city car segment and could become a game-changer for the whole class.
6/10CitroenC1£10,305 – £14,275Similar to the old one underneath, but with a happier character and even lower running costs.
6/10SmartForFour£10,315 – £22,230A Renault Twingo that’s not quite so cool as a Renault Twingo. Sorry.
9/10DaciaDuster£10,770 – £19,030A far better car than it needs to be at the price, and we love it for that.
3/10MitsubishiMirage£11,095 – £13,800Expensive, slow, horrid to drive. A mass of metal without sense or relish or ability or anything, really.
7/10Fiat500£11,940 – £21,520Technically and mechanically other city cars outstrip it, but emotionally – well, that’s up to you. We understand.
7/10SkodaFabia£12,330 – £17,425Great option for someone who doesn’t really care about cars or driving.
4/10KiaVenga£13,540 – £18,950As sensible and tasty as a dry cracker. A decent enough car, perhaps one for the Freedom Pass brigade.
5/10SkodaRapid Spaceback£14,055Cheap and practical. But there are better cars out there that do much the same thing.
6/10FiatTipo£14,640 – £20,635Probably Fiat’s least interesting car, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth ignoring if you love a bargain.
7/10NissanJuke£14,935 – £27,345The looks might be polarising but it's not actually ugly and certainly not – bigger crime – bland
5/10MitsubishiASX£15,249 – £25,360It’s not that the ASX is truly bad by any stretch of the imagination, it’s just that its competition is newer. And better.
Editor’s choice6/10DS3£17,090 – £25,440Not as fresh as it was, but ageing gracefully, and still the best DS of the bunch.
7/10Hyundaii30£17,130 – £29,085A very rational car in standard form, which will make your life easy, but not exciting. The i30 N hot hatch manages to make it easy AND exciting. It's ace
