Not a deterioration in living standards that moves Earl out of his SUV and into a compact car.
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If everybody just needed a little compact car that sat two people, I mean, they would be buying them.
In particular, if you look at a Dodge Caliber that just came out, we call that an entry-level compact car.
The body design includes a rigid-mounted battery frame, which helps provide greater body rigidity compared to a conventional compact car.
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However, as uncomfortable a feeling as it was, I knew deep inside that a compact car was the right decision for us.
In Japan the March, a compact car with e-mail capabilities, became the first to be built using a common chassis with Renault.
We had reserved a compact car, a cost effective option we knew would not only be fuel-efficient but also easily meet our minimal space requirements.
The Dodge division unveiled its new compact car, the Dart, which will vie for a share of the roughly one million in annual segment sales.
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New car models boosted sales in the first quarter 2013, as BYD released the Suri compact car and S6 SUV in the second half of 2012.
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Not only did our compact car end up having power windows and locks, but it maneuvered easily with its zippy engine, and the air conditioner had no problems handling the Houston heat.
Wang Chuanfu, BYD chairman, expects one out of every five Chinese alternative-energy vehicles sold around the world to be a BYD, he said at the improved F3 compact car launch in Beijing in August.
In Brazil, the automaker hopes to double the sales in the next two years with the help of a new manufacturing plant that will kick off production of its compact car Etios in September.
Next year Ford will offer a new Focus compact car in Europe, with a one-litre, three-cylinder engine that performs as well as the 1.6 litre, four-cylinder engine it replaces, yet uses about 20% less fuel.
The vision for the tiny car was first dreamed up by Swatch CEO Nicholas Hayek who began developing his concept in the late 1980s to make a small compact car that functioned like the Swatch watch.
But at Ford, new product development marketing manager Lew Echlin says the company plans to shrink the number of free-floating options available on its Focus compact car lineup for the 2013 model year because the numbers say it makes sense.
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Nissan's best-selling domestic car, the compact Note car, imports about 45% to 50% of the parts used to build the vehicle at its factory in southern Japan.
CX-5 come to mind because they have SUV cargo space within a compact-car footprint.
There was a compact-car-size mound of drugs already piled beyond the first target berm.
What is more, he has been making a profit in one of the most fiercely contested parts of the automobile market, the European compact-car segment.
No other compact economy car outside of a Mini Cooper offers as much stick-and-rudder fun as the 3: The steering (hydraulic, with an electric pump) is tack-sharp and precise, with almost no torque steer and a gratifying heft that gathers as you turn the wheel.
Renault's first compact rechargeable electric car, the ZOE whose battery isn't replaceable has just gone on sale in France.
The compact Buick Verano, another impressive car to drive, is hitting showrooms now.
Compact GPS jammers that run from a car are available to buy, although use is prohibited.
Engrave expensive accessories like car stereos, cellular phones, compact disc changers, external speakers, etc.
Now, of course, everything is relative, and my test car is a 2.0-liter, front-drive compact with an automatic transmission on all-season meats, so it's not remotely a sports car.
The tiny Massachusetts island is compact enough so that visitors do not need a car and most arrive without one, yet it creates the illusion of being much bigger since so much is preserved as protected natural space.
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Later this year, it will introduce a compact Buick, the Verano, and an even smaller car, the Chevrolet Sonic.
The Cruze represents the new breed of conventional compact and midsize sedans that brands are launching to raise average new-car efficiency to 35 mpg by 2016, and to 54.5 mpg by 2025, as required by federal rules.
The cheapest-to-insure car that meets those criteria was determined to be the Audi A3 compact hatchback, followed closely by stalwarts like the Honda Accord, Ford Taurus and Subaru Forester.
The year 2010 will also see vehicle breakthroughs, like the plug-in Chevrolet Volt and the Chevy Cruze, a zippy, fuel-efficient compact that will usher in a new era of global efficiency in small-car product development.
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