Comments on: “B-segment” Cars: What Are They? http://www.newcarsnews.com/2006/04/25/b-segment-cars-what-are-they/ new car reviews, auto sport, buying new car, car stories, new car dealer, news about new model, new car sale Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: b-segment.com http://www.newcarsnews.com/2006/04/25/b-segment-cars-what-are-they/#comment-963 b-segment.com Fri, 25 May 2007 07:40:37 +0000 http://www.slc.com/?p=3820#comment-963 The term b-segment is based on the size of the car's "platform". Typically auto manufacturers have grouped their vehicles into "segments" of A, B, C, etc. B-Segment cars are what we in the U.S. would typically refer to as, "sub-compact". C-Segment would be what we call "compact". Cars like the Honda Civic, Ford Focus, etc. U.S. journalists have taken to calling sub-compacts by the European term and that is why you are hearing the name more and more. The term b-segment is based on the size of the car’s “platform”. Typically auto manufacturers have grouped their vehicles into “segments” of A, B, C, etc.

B-Segment cars are what we in the U.S. would typically refer to as, “sub-compact”.
C-Segment would be what we call “compact”. Cars like the Honda Civic, Ford Focus, etc.

U.S. journalists have taken to calling sub-compacts by the European term and that is why you are hearing the name more and more.

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