The best small family cars of 2012 needs to excel in every area. Our winner should have the space and practicality to easily cope with a family’s needs, and top build quality. It should be comfortable enough to deal with long journeys and commutes, yet agile enough to keep the driver entertained. It needs enough performance to make life easy, but must be economical enough to keep your coffers in the black. Our winners need to provide all these abilities, for a reasonable price, to be one of our best small family cars of 2012.