Cars.com Picks the Top 10 Urban Cars

By David Thomas
March 5, 2015
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Believe it or not, all the editors and reviewers got to weigh in on this list — the Urban Dink was just one of many voices. In the end, the Cars.com staff determined the 10 best cars for city dwellers, and some usual suspects popped up. We also decided not to rank the top 10, but to just give out one top prize of “Ultimate Urban Car” and name nine other worthy contenders. See which car took the top prize.

Top 10 Urban Cars

Managing Editor
David Thomas

Former managing editor David Thomas has a thing for wagons and owns a 2010 Subaru Outback and a 2005 Volkswagen Passat wagon.

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