7. Smart Fortwo ($15,400)

Other than its name, its ability to park in half a spot, and its amazing (seriously, amazing) 22.8-foot turning circle, there’s not much we’d consider smart about buying a Smart. The little mid-mounted three-cylinder engine suffers from horrendous turbo lag, and even at full steam, it only produces 89 hp, which isn’t much fun with the five-speed manual but is even less so with the optional dual-clutch automatic. Neither gets terribly good fuel economy, either, at least compared with so many econocars that are topping 40 mpg these days. This is the only car on this list that only seats two, and it has one of the smallest cargo holds of the lot when you consider that you can’t fold any seats down to increase available space. The Smart is, however, the only car here that is also offered as a cabriolet or an electric car (or both), but those cost considerably more.