Compact Cars are among the most convenient options in the market for the small-mid budget. Although usually with a MSRP under 22,000CAD and a leasing monthly price under 330 CAD/month (at most), there are "top of the line models" that can easily compete with base models of some luxury manufacturers. Following, my list of the "Best Compact Cars" available in Canada.
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Best Compact Cars Canada List: Where to start from?
First, you need to define what are you specifically looking for: There are many options of Compact Cars, that go from either Coupe variants to hatchbacks and sedans. Exploring the market is the first important step. You need to be aware of what the market is available.
Canada's Top 2017 Manual Compact Cars
The 2017 Nissan Sentra Manual is one of the best choices by far of manual vehicles in Canada. Model overall sales reached 14,281 sales in Canada during 2016 and 214,709 in the U.S.
I personally love manual cars. During many years that is what I drove and the actual "sporty way" you experience while at the wheel, is unique. I wouldn't suggest one for the day-to-day, but surely for enjoying the nice weather out there in the road.
If you are interested in a more detailed list, you can read the summary of cheapest manual cars available in the Canadian market, although the following set features the most popular ones sorted by price:
- 2017 KIA Forte Manual (starting 180 - 210) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Manual (starting 200 - 220) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Toyota Corolla Manual (starting 220 - 240) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Hyundai Elantra Manual (starting 240 - 260) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Honda Civic Manual (starting 250 - 270) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Mitsubishi Lancer Manual (starting 270 - 290) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 VW Jetta Manual (starting 300 - 320) CAD/month tax. inc.
Canada's Top 2017 Automatic Compact Cars
Honda reached, once again, an impressive number of Civic sales in Canada during last year: 64,552. In the U.S.: 366,972 units were sold during the same period.
Automatic Compact Cars are the most sold "kind of vehicle" in Canada. While 80% of people in North America prefer Automatic cars for the daily commute, this is definitely the range of vehicles where you will find the more available options.
While also "automatic", CVT transmissions were introduced in the region by most Japanese manufacturers (Honda, Nissan, Toyota & Mitsubishi) during the last few years for most of their top selling vehicles.
Following, the list of the Best Compact Cars with Automatic/CVT Transmission in Canada:
- 2017 Nissan Sentra CVT (starting 220 - 250) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Hyundai Elantra Automatic (starting 260 - 280) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 KIA Forte Automatic (starting 270 - 280) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Honda Civic CVT (starting 270 - 290) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Toyota Corolla CVT (starting 270 - 290) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 KIA Rio Automatic (starting 270 - 280) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Mitsubishi Lancer CVT (starting 300 - 310) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Automatic (starting 305 - 215) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Mazda Mazda3 Automatic (starting 310 - 325) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Ford Fiesta Automatic (starting 310 - 325) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Ford Focus Automatic (starting 310 - 325) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 VW Jetta Automatic (starting 325 - 345) CAD/month tax. inc.
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Canada's Top 2017 Luxury Compact Cars
The Audi A3 is very popular among Canadians. The brand was able to deliver in the country more than 30,000+ units from all models during 2016.
If you are looking for the best compact cars that rank among the luxury ones, then you are, once again, in the right place. Luxury doesn't just mean leather and beauty. It also means enhanced performance, driving experience, reliability, warranty, safety and many more things that justify the price difference with the more popular alternatives.
If you haven't ever had the chance to test-drive one of the vehicles from the following list, I strongly encourage you to do so and stay strong with your initial preferences after doing so.
- 2017 Audi A3 (starting at 540) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Mercedes-Benz CLA (starting at 700) CAD/month tax. inc.
- 2017 Audi S3 (starting at 730) CAD/month tax. inc.
Additionally, to this list, you can do a full browse of all available full list of luxury cars in Canada.
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Either if you are a first-time buyer, or you are just exploring, the most important thing is that you understand which kind of vehicle you can afford, fits your needs and what are the actual alternatives of it.
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