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As compact car sales decline in favor of small SUVs, Hyundai believes some Americans are ready for a third alternative: a compact hatchback that hauls like a small... Read more
Not exact matches
As the only
compact sedan to really worry
sales - champ Honda Civic, the Elantra is a mighty important
car for Hyundai.
The
compact Cherokee's design, appearance, and
sales popularity spawned imitators
as other automakers noticed that the Jeep XJ models began replacing regular
cars.
Not only did that never happen, but 2014 saw the Honda
compact keep its top spot
as Canada's best - selling new passenger
car — for the 17th consecutive year — with
sales up 3 per cent, compared to 2013, to more than 66,000 sold.
The Polo BlueMotion was first unveiled this past March
as a concept in Geneva, Volkswagen has plans of bringing the production version of the very efficient alternatively fueled
compact city
car to the Frankfurt Motor Show with
sales slated to begin early in 2010.
It's a mark of the Yeti's quality that it remained so competitive in the crossover and
compact SUV class after such an extended period on
sale, and now it makes a lot of sense
as a used family
car buy.
-- 2016 Q1
Sales: down 7.5 % to 8,351 —
As Canada's two most popular
cars, the Honda Civic and Hyundai Elantra, become more dominant with new generations introduced just before or during the first - quarter, the Toyota Corolla and other top - selling
compacts are pushed into a lower tier.
Bottom line: The Honda Civic will likely continue
as the
sales leader among
compact cars.
The Japanese automaker Toyota just unveiled their new
compact car for the Indian market at the Delhi motor show, revealed
as a concept, the Etios will go on
sale by the end of the year in both sedan and hatchback forms with a price tag promised to be around $ 10,000.
The Lexus CT 200h entered production at the end of 2010 and went on
sale in the first quarter of 2011
as Lexus's fifth hybrid vehicle, second dedicate hybrid, and the world's first full hybrid luxury
compact car.
The 2.0 L non-turbo engine was replaced with a 2.3 L SOHC I4 engine, rated at 110 hp (82 kW), 127 lb · ft The 2.3 L engine was offered only in the US market, because the larger engine would have obligated Japanese consumers to pay more annual road tax, thereby affecting
sales,
as well
as the larger engine conflicted with Japanese government regulations concerning maximum displacement for
cars classified
as «
compact».
The gasoline - electric hybrid Prius, which first went on
sale in Japan in late 1997, has always been a sedan, first sold here
as a
compact and then redesigned for 2004
as a midsized
car,
as it is now.
That said, you will likely get quite a bit of that back come resale time,
as the Toyota Corolla has some of the best residual values of any
compact car on
sale today.
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Due to gas prices, GM's
sales have been sluggish at best so far this year, and
as Americans drive less and look for more efficient,
compact cars, the automakers will have to adjust.