Talk:Compact car

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Ok -- added two pictures of compact class automobiles. CZmarlin 16:06, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] front-wheel drive?

should it be mentioned that most (do object if i'm wrong), are front-wheel drive cars, with transversal engines?

Jerome Potts 05:09, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] European/RoW usage of term

The article stated that the term is uncommon in Europe. However, see e.g.

[1] (UK site)

"... the new Colt is not just everything a demanding 21st century audience wants in a compact car" (from Mitsubishi UK website)

"The idea of an oversize engine in a compact car is appealing. And it's not an anti-ecological extravagance. This Focus can reach 150mph, touches 60mph from standstill in 6.5 seconds, yet returns more than 30 miles for every gallon of fuel - " (European Ford Focus ST review in UK newspaper)

"A quarter of a century has passed since Vauxhall launched the first Astra in the UK and since 1980 it has enjoyed a dominant position in the compact car class." (Vauxhall Astra 2.0 SRi review)

"Audi is set to shake the compact car market again, this time with its all-new A3."

"Co-developed in association with General Motors, this Hungarian built compact car (Suzuki Wagon R+) has, in its previous form, consistently been a best seller in its native Japan."

The use may not be standard in the UK, but is still fairly widespread. German usage applies the term "Kompaktklasse" to cars like the VW Golf, the new MINI Cooper etc.; see German Wikipedia.

The term is also common in the UK in compounds such as "compact MPV" and "compact SUV". Jayen466 14:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)