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Renault said the accounting change wouldn’t affect its projects underway with Nissan, including the development of a new Nissan Micra subcompact based on the new electric Renault 5.
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Honda redesigned its own subcompact SUV, the HR-V, for 2023.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Bloomberg reported this week that GLA subcompact SUV is one such model that reportedly might no longer be for sale in the U.S. Mercedes’s other entry-level cars include the C-Class, the GLB and GLC SUVs, and the CLA, which are all made overseas.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
Take, for example, a Hyundai venue, a subcompact crossover SUV, with an average current list price of $24,000.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Honda redesigned its own subcompact SUV, the HR-V, for 2023.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Bloomberg reported this week that GLA subcompact SUV is one such model that reportedly might no longer be for sale in the U.S. Mercedes’s other entry-level cars include the C-Class, the GLB and GLC SUVs, and the CLA, which are all made overseas.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
Take, for example, a Hyundai venue, a subcompact crossover SUV, with an average current list price of $24,000.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Subcompact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcompact. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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subcompact
noun
sub·com·pact
ˈsəb-ˈkäm-ˌpakt 
: an automobile smaller than a compact
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