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Most fun 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 |
Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ, BMW 135i, Ford Focus ST, Ford Mustang, Mazda Miata, Mini Cooper S, Porsche Boxster, BMW 328i, Cadillac ATS
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Nissan 370Z, Chevrolet Camaro, Acura ILX, BMW Z4 |
| Luxury cars |
Infiniti M37, Jaguar XJ, Audi A6, Porsche Panamera, Tesla Model S
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BMW 750Li, Volvo S80 3.2 |
| Compact & subcompact cars |
Volkswagen Golf, Ford Focus |
Nissan Versa, Scion iQ, Smart ForTwo |
| Small SUVs |
Mini Cooper Countryman, Nissan Juke, Volkswagen Tiguan, BMW X1, Ford Escape |
Jeep Compass |
| Midsized SUVs |
Porsche Cayenne |
Toyota 4Runner |
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