NEW YORK TIMES…. This demented toaster is barely larger than a breadbox, 14 inches shorter than Chevy’s Sonic hatchback and roughly 2 inches shorter than a Mini Cooper. Although a Mini or a Fiat 500 is sexier, sportier and much more expensive than the Spark, neither has a back seat nearly as habitable…
The Spark is ultra-affordable, starting at $12,995, rising to $15,795 for the line-topping 2LT, and it never feels cheap or chintzy. That’s especially true of the interior, which mimics style leaders like the Mini with swoopy shapes, body-color trim and an instrument pod that sprouts from the steering column…
But I confess to feeling more silly than edgy at the wheel of this narrow, squashed-face carnival buggy, even as it showed me a responsible 42 m.p.g. on the highway and about 37 m.p.g. over all. The manual-shift Spark easily topped federal estimates of 32/38 m.p.g. in city and highway use… (more)
