What Modern Car Should Barbie Drive?

The perfect car for the modern Barbie.

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a new movie out this weekend that people are pretty hyped about called Barbie. It tells the story of a little-known toy that’s brought to life and transported into the real world. It looks fun. Are you familiar with this? Aw heck, you know what Barbie is – she’s dominated the toy world since her debut on March 9, 1959.

In the decades since, this iconic doll has had all kinds of jobs, and outfits for her travels through fictitious lands. She’s even gotten behind the wheel of countless different cars, including a classic Corvette convertible. But if Barbie was to buy a car today, what would she drive?

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This is the high-brow question we’re posing to you, ahead of our Jalopnik group outing to see Barbie this weekend. So, dear readers, what modern car should Barbie drive today? For this question, we aren’t going to put a budget on Barbie’s new wheels, but we will say that it should be a car that’s been on sale at some point in the last ten years. So, what have you got?