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Coming soon: Best superminis

The 10 best superminis you'll be able to buy in the coming months

By:Auto Express team

7 Aug 2012

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In the first of a series of articles, we've rounded up the 10 best superminis you'll be able to buy in the near future.

We snap up more superminis than any other type of car here in the UK and, as you can see, the choice available just keeps growing - from traditional models like the best-selling Ford Fiesta to quirky newcomers such as the more compact Renault Twingo.

And it's not just size and style that varies, the way these cars are powered is changing, too. The electric BMW i3 and Renault Zoe rely on battery power for zero-emissions motoring, while a new crop of efficient three-cylinder petrol engines feature in the Vauxhall Adam, new MINI, Renault Clio and Nissan Note.

So if you're in the market for a supermini, make sure you check our guide to find out what's coming when.

BMW is planning to rewrite the rulebook with the i3 – a supermini that’s been designed from the ground up to run on electricity. Just like its sister model – the i8 supercar - the i3 uses an aluminium spaceframe chassis and carbon-fibr
Even the UK’s best-selling car needs updating now and then, which is why the facelifted <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/ford/fiesta">Ford Fiesta</a> will be revealed at the <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/paris-motor-show
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The <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mg/mg3">MG3</a> is the car that will really mark the manufacturer's return to the UK market. Already on sale in China, it will get updated styling, a better quality interior and suspension tha
The third-generation <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mini">MINI</a> is just around the corner, and it promises to be more grown-up to drive than ever before. This time around it will share a new front-wheel drive platform with B
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The <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/up">VW up!</a> will have some serious competition from Japan when the new <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mitsubishi/colt">Mitsubishi Colt</a> arrives early next year. A
We've already seen first pictures of the Japanese version of the new <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/note">Nissan Note</a>, but we’ll have to wait until the middle of next year before the more striking and better-equipped
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It’s impossible to understate the importance of the new <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/clio">Clio</a> – in Renault’s words it’s a make or break car. Unlike previous generations only a five-door model (with concealed rea
The <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/clio">Clio</a> isn’t the only small <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault">Renault</a> on the horizon, a replacement for the <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/twi
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No one has made a commitment to electric cars quite like <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault">Renault</a>, and the Clio-sized Zoe is expected to be the big-seller, with tens of thousands finding homes every year. What sets t
<a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/vauxhall">Vauxhall</a> thinks the <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/fiat/500">Fiat 500</a> and <a href="https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mini/mini">MINI</a> have had things their way for too lon
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