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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
Comparatively, the Chevrolet Trax American subcompact SUV is 178.6 inches long.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 16 Apr. 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
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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
Comparatively, the Chevrolet Trax American subcompact SUV is 178.6 inches long.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 16 Apr. 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
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“Subcompact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcompact. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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subcompact
noun
sub·com·pact
ˈsəb-ˈkäm-ˌpakt 
: an automobile smaller than a compact
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