Alfa Mito voted coolest affordable car

Alfa Romeo’s stylish Mito has been voted the best car for the ordinary driver by Auto Trader readers.

The Mito has ranked highly in our regular ‘Cool-o-meter’ polls over the past month, beaten only by the Aston Martin V12 Vantage – a 190mph supercar with a six-figure price tag.

Another Italian car holds third place – the hot Fiat Abarth 500.

Surprisingly the Mini Convertible appears in the bottom three – along with the Honda Insight and Citroen C2.

Here’s the list of cars rated on the Cool-o-meter so far and their ratings out of ten:

1. Aston Martin V12 Vantage - 8.378
2. Alfa Romeo Mito - 8.045
3. Fiat Abarth 500 - 7.896
4. Mercedes CLS - 7.787
5. Gumpert Apollo - 7.623
6. Volkswagen Golf GTi - 7.418
7. Renault Twingo - 7.414
8. Volvo C30 - 7.194
9. Mazda MX-5 - 7.174
10. Kia Soul - 6.947
11. Audi A3 - 6.849
12. Shelby SSC Ultimate Aero TT - 6.616
13. Ford Fiesta - 6.455
14. Ford Ka - 5.995
15. Skoda Superb - 5.92
16. Mini Convertible - 5.881
17. Honda Insight - 5.402
18. Citroen C2 - 5.313