Subcompact car (English Wikipedia)

McGuire, Bill (22 October 2000). "1954 Nash Metropolitan: Cuter than a box of puppies". Autoweek. Retrieved 30 December 2020. 10 inches shorter than a Volkswagen Beetle, the Metropolitan joined Bantam and Crosley as the smallest cars ever sold here in any volume.
Martin, Murilee (2021-01-07). "1986 Chevrolet Spectrum Sport Is a Rare Piece of Isuzu History". Autoweek. Retrieved 2021-06-04.

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Popular Mechanics (November 1954 ed.). Hearst Magazines. 1954. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
U.S. Senate 93rd Congress (April 1974). "Second Session on S. 1167, Part 4: Ground Transportation Industries". Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Antitrustand Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary: 2480. Retrieved 19 January 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Survey of Current Business. Vol. 54. U.S. Department of Commerce. May 1974. p. 6. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
Norbye, Jan P. (January 1982). "Renault 9 - American Motors subcompact for 83". Popular Science. 220 (1): 22. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

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Abby, Narishkin; Cameron, Steve (2 December 2020). "Why Volkswagen stopped making its most iconic car, the VW Beetle". Business Insider. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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"Nissan Finally Pulls the Plug on the Versa, Its Most Affordable Car That Starts Under $19,000". Car and Driver. 2025-12-23. Retrieved 2025-12-24.

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Tribune, By Casey Williams, Special to the (9 July 2014). "Subcompact cars making space in American market". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Niedermeyer, Paul (7 October 2020). "Curbside Outtake: 1977 Pontiac Astre – The First US Astre Find At CC Thanks To Google Streetview". Curbside Classic. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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Naughton, Henry Payne, and Nora. "Small cars' decline a return to the norm". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2021-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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"The definition of subcompact". dictionary.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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MacSems, Michael. "A Brief history of English Fords in North America - Michael MacSems". enfostuff.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via The International Ford History Project.

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1977 Gas Mileage Guide (950R77039). Washington DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. September 1976. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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Mitchell, Jacqueline (2008-08-29). "Most Fuel-Efficient American Cars". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

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"History of Festiva". www.fordfestiva.com. Retrieved 2026-09-17.

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"FAQ - How are vehicle size classes defined?". www.fueleconomy.gov. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

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Foster, Patrick (2005-10-01). "Developing the Metropolitan". Hemmings Classic Car. Retrieved 2012-01-05. During WWII and immediately afterwards, Mason began to explore the idea of developing a truly small car, the size of what today we'd call a subcompact.
McCourt, Mark J. (8 April 2016). "Blue Oval Imports: 1950s-1960s British Ford Anglia, Consul, Zephyr and Cortina brochures". Hemmings. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
Ernst, Kurt (25 June 2014). "The AMC Gremlin X: Because different is good". Hemmings. Retrieved 30 December 2020. Introduced in April 1970, the AMC Gremlin hit the market five months before the Ford Pinto and the Chevrolet Vega.

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"A Detailed Look Back At The Chevy Sprint". HotCars. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-06-04.

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Auto Editors of Consumer Guide (17 October 2007). "1970-1978 AMC Gremlin". HowStuffWorks.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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"Toyota to withdraw from U.S. subcompact car market". The Japan Times. 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2021-06-04.

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O'Dell, John (2006-02-14). "Japanese Subcompacts, With Room for Profit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

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"subcompact". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

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Padeanu, Adrian (2023-08-15). "Mitsubishi Mirage To Be Discontinued In The US By 2025: Report". Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2023-08-16.

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Patton, Phil (9 September 2012). "Taking the 'Cheap' Out of the Small Car". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
Zaun (NYT), Todd (2004-12-25). "Asia: Japan: Honda To Sell Subcompact Car In U.S." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
Vlasic, Bill (2008-05-02). "As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

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"Historiography: The "Ugly" Subcompacts of the 1970s |". www.randystern.net. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

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Kunz, Bruce (3 December 2007). "1970 AMC Gremlin- America's first "sub" compact car". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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Epp, Peter (2 April 2020). "50 years ago, Gremlin filled a void for desperate AMC". The Observer. Toronto. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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Lewis, Corey (22 March 2019). "Rare Rides: A Microscopic American Motors Metropolitan, From 1962". The Truth About Cars. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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Bomey, Nathan (2020-07-17). "Small cars are being discontinued: Why GM, Ford, Toyota have given up on subcompact cars". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
Bomey, Nathan. "Small cars are being discontinued: Why GM, Ford, Toyota have given up on subcompact cars". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

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Vincent, John (3/26/2019). "Geo Metro: What to Know About This Unlikely Icon". usnews. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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"Do You Live In the US and Want A Small, Affordable Car? Too Bad". Vice.com. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

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Auto Editors of Consumer Guide (17 October 2007). "1970-1978 AMC Gremlin". HowStuffWorks.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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"Carmakers are leaving the subcompact market". WHEELS.ca. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-04.

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Zaun (NYT), Todd (2004-12-25). "Asia: Japan: Honda To Sell Subcompact Car In U.S." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
Vlasic, Bill (2008-05-02). "As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

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