It redefined what
an American midsize car could be,» said Rick Scheidt, vice president, Chevrolet Marketing.
There is a lesson in this about a simple formula for
the American midsize car.
Not exact matches
North
American production of the Focus compact
car and Fiesta subcompact will halt in May, while the
midsize Fusion lives a few more years before it departs.
Welcome to Automobile Magazine's
Midsize Madness, our comparison test of the kind of car you see on American roads every day, the midsize
Midsize Madness, our comparison test of the kind of
car you see on
American roads every day, the
midsizemidsize sedan.
The Building Blocks Just like the other
cars in
Midsize Madness, the Accord has left behind the niche of compact sedans it once occupied and adopted a more
American way of doing business, emphasizing spaciousness and comfort.
But an
American volume brand with no pickup truck and no
midsize car is not a volume brand.
However, as it was designed as a world
car in order to fit the needs of Europe and Japan, it was smaller than its North
American contemporaries in the
midsize segment, being criticized for its reduced passenger space.
It would make such great melodrama if not for the 5.6 million
Americans who showed love for a compact or
midsize car last year, a fact not lost on the folks at Volkswagen who in the coming weeks will drop a fully redesigned ’19 Jetta into the market.
«The new Honda Accord Hybrid is the ultimate Accord — the most refined, technologically sophisticated and, of course, most fuel efficient in the lineup,» said John Mendel, Executive Vice President of the
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «With Accord already America's most popular
car three years running and the best - selling
midsize car to younger buyers, we think this new hybrid model will add considerable momentum for the Honda brand.»
DETROIT — Ford takes the wraps off the ’13 Fusion at the North
American International Auto Show here, a
car executives say will redefine the
midsize - sedan segment with striking design and advanced technologies.
But after several weeks of rolling around in full - size
American and European luxury
cars, the Stanza GXE's «
midsize» surely seemed little to me.
A perennial best - seller with
American car buyers, the Accord has been the U.S. retail sales leader in the
midsize sedan segment for four straight years (2013 - 2016).
The
midsize sedan is the quintessential
American car.
Though their popularity has waned a bit over the last few years as
American buyers shift to crossover SUVs in ever - greater numbers,
midsize cars still account for a tremendous portion of U.S. sales.
The Accord is the US» best - selling
midsize sedan, the number one choice of individual
American car buyers... Read more →
The
cars - a new muscled up Corolla from Toyota and Nissan's new
midsize sedan - are meant to strengthen and redefine the brands in the
American market.
These two Japanese
cars deliver what
Americans like most in a
midsize family sedan, superb quality, refined performance and decent value.
Aug 10, 2015 — For nearly four decades, the Accord has set the benchmark for vehicles in the
midsize sedan class, historically the most popular class of vehicle with
American car buyers.
To be fair, the 2016 Chrysler 200 might straddle the line between small and
midsize, but this affordable sedan represents the qualities sought out in an
American compact
car.
The new premium
midsize sedan hybrid joins Ford Motor Company's growing lineup of hybrids, including the Ford Fusion Hybrid — 2010 North
American Car of the Year and America's most fuel - efficient sedan — plus the Ford Escape Hybrid and Mercury Milan and Mariner Hybrids.
The Nissan Altima is the last of the three major Japanese
midsize sedans to get a new model, following the 2018 Honda Accord (North
American Car of the Year) and the Toyota Camry.
«The Honda Accord is one of the best values in the
American auto market, and we expressed our admiration for the model by naming it our Kelley Blue Book Best Buy in the hotly contested
midsize car category,» said Jack Nerad, executive market analyst and executive editorial director for Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com.
Sales in 1989 have been sluggish and unpredictable, but at least one trend has emerged:
Americans bought more
midsize cars than last year.
The research considered emissions based on models similar to the two most popular electric
cars available to
American drivers: the
midsize Nissan Leaf and the full - size Tesla Model S.