The most powerful cars: City cars 2025
The most powerful new cars registered in the European Union in 2025, according to their official type-approval data.
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BYD Dolphin Surf
Electric · 1,733 kg (3,821 lb)
201 hp
150 kW
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Abarth 500
Electric · 1,419 kg (3,128 lb)
153 hp
114 kW
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NIO Firefly
Electric · 1,552 kg (3,422 lb)
141 hp
105 kW
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Fiat 500
Electric · 1,380 kg (3,042 lb)
117 hp
87 kW
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Fiat 500E
Electric · 1,379 kg (3,040 lb)
117 hp
87 kW
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Hyundai Inster
Electric · 1,422 kg (3,135 lb)
114 hp
85 kW
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Fiat Panda
Electric · 1,515 kg (3,340 lb)
111 hp
83 kW
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Leapmotor T03
Electric · 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
94 hp
70 kW
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Leapmotor T03D
Electric · 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
94 hp
70 kW
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Toyota Aygo X
Hybrid · 1,168 kg (2,575 lb)
91 hp
68 kW
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Hyundai i10
Petrol · 1,099 kg (2,423 lb)
89 hp
66 kW
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BYD D0LPH1N Surf
Electric · 1,445 kg (3,186 lb)
87 hp
65 kW
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Volkswagen up!
Electric · 1,248 kg (2,751 lb)
82 hp
61 kW
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Renault Twingo
Electric · 1,202 kg (2,650 lb)
80 hp
60 kW
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Kia Picanto
Petrol · 990 kg (2,183 lb)
78 hp
58 kW
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Mitsubishi Space Star
Petrol · 949 kg (2,092 lb)
70 hp
52 kW
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Dacia Spring
Electric · 1,047 kg (2,308 lb)
64 hp
48 kW
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Moke Moke
Electric · 831 kg (1,832 lb)
38 hp
28 kW
How it's calculated
Official type-approval data for the new passenger cars registered in the European Union, published by the European Environment Agency. One spot per model (its best version), and only versions with at least 30 registrations, to rule out errors in the records. Power is the maximum declared by the manufacturer (hp = kW × 1.341); in some EVs it is the sum of all their motors and may not match the advertised figure.
By powertrain, based on each version's official type approval: “Combustion” covers petrol, diesel, LPG, CNG and ethanol; “Hybrids”, both regular and plug-in hybrids; “Electric”, fully electric cars. With a powertrain selected, each model appears with its best version of that powertrain.
Each model's body type (SUV, hatchback, sedan…) and size come from its Wikidata classification and our own review of the best-sellers; models without a type yet only appear under “All”.
Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), “Monitoring of CO2 emissions from passenger cars”, CC BY 4.0 licence. 2025 data (provisional), imported on September 24, 2026. We automatically check for new data every 6 hours (last check: September 25, 2026 at 02:17 PM GMT+2). This is the type-approval data declared by manufacturers and it may contain errors.