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The wide rear fenders, massive side air intakes, and a large engine cover behind the driver and passenger are easy clues that this is no ordinary econobox.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
The tinny Renault Alliance econobox and the derivative GTA hotbox, though built in America, did not rank as assets of note.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
Which brings us to the 2023 Nissan Kicks, an affable, affordable economy device, one that takes the place of the humble econobox and proves to be worthy of the epithet.
—cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
The 2020 Sentra, which goes on sale in late January, loses the old version’s upright econobox look.
—Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
Anyone who assumes a Chinese electric car is a rattling econobox might want to take one of BYD’s new models for a spin.
—Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019
This in spite of the recent launch of the Tesla S, the Nissan LEAF, the Chevrolet Volt and the announcement of a slew of new hybrid and pure-electric cars across the automotive spectrum, from econoboxes to two Porsche luxury hybrids.
—Tom Parrett, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2014
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
The tinny Renault Alliance econobox and the derivative GTA hotbox, though built in America, did not rank as assets of note.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
Which brings us to the 2023 Nissan Kicks, an affable, affordable economy device, one that takes the place of the humble econobox and proves to be worthy of the epithet.
—cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
The 2020 Sentra, which goes on sale in late January, loses the old version’s upright econobox look.
—Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
Anyone who assumes a Chinese electric car is a rattling econobox might want to take one of BYD’s new models for a spin.
—Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019
This in spite of the recent launch of the Tesla S, the Nissan LEAF, the Chevrolet Volt and the announcement of a slew of new hybrid and pure-electric cars across the automotive spectrum, from econoboxes to two Porsche luxury hybrids.
—Tom Parrett, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2014
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“Econobox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/econobox. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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