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The '''C-segment''' is the 3rd category of the [[Euro Car Segment|European segments for passenger cars]] and is described as "medium cars".<ref name= "EEC Merger Procedure"/><ref>{{cite web |title= Impact on the Competitiveness of the European Automotive Industry of Potential FTA with India and ASEAN |website = www.europa.eu |url= http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/projects/report_fta_india_asean_en.pdf |page= 8 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130429040531/http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/projects/report_fta_india_asean_en.pdf |archive-date= 29 April 2013 }}</ref> It is equivalent to the [[Euro NCAP]] "small family car" size class,<ref>{{cite web |title=Latest Safety Ratings |url=https://www.euroncap.com/en/ratings-rewards/latest-safety-ratings/ |website=www.euroncap.com |access-date=8 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and the [[compact car]] category in the United States.<ref name="segment">{{cite news| title = Taking the 'Cheap' Out of the Small Car| newspaper = The New York Times| date = 7 September 2012| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/automobiles/taking-the-cheap-out-of-the-small-car.html?hpw| last1 = Brooke| first1 = Lindsay}}</ref>
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== Definition ==
The European segments are not based on size or weight criteria.<ref name= "EEC Merger Procedure">{{cite web |title=Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 – Merger Procedure |website= www.europa.eu |url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m1406_en.pdf |quote= exact market definition was left open .. boundaries between segments are blurred by factors other than the size or length of cars}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportpolicy.net/index.php?title=EU:_Vehicle_Definitions|title=EU: Vehicle Definitions|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> In practice, C-segment cars have been described as having a length of approximately {{
Examples include Volkswagen Golf,
== Characteristics ==
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== Current models ==
In 2020 the highest selling C-segment cars in Europe were the Volkswagen Golf Variant, Škoda Octavia,
<ref>{{cite web |title= European sales 2020 Compact cars |url= https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/ |website= www.carsalesbase.com |access-date= 19 March 2021 |date= March 2021 |archive-date= 13 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210213031903/https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>
'''200,000 – 300,000 sales''' '''(Best-Selling)'''
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▲File:2020 Volkswagen Golf Style 1.5 Front.jpg|[[Volkswagen Golf]] <br/> 8th generation (2019–present)
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File:Skoda Octavia Combi 2.0 TDI First Edition (IV) – f 02042021.jpg|[[Škoda Octavia]] <br/>
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File:2018 Mercedes-Benz A200 AMG Line Premium+ 1.3 Front.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz A-Class]] <br />
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File:Seat Leon FR (IV) – f 01012023.jpg|[[SEAT León]] <br />
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File:Audi A3 Sportback 35 TFSI (8Y) – f 02042021.jpg|[[Audi A3]] <br/>
File:2022 - Peugeot 308 III (C) - 068.jpg|[[Peugeot 308]] <br/>
File:Renault Megane IV FL IMG 5425.jpg|[[Renault Mégane]] <br/>
File:2018 Kia Ceed First Edition 1.4 Front.jpg|[[Kia Ceed]] <br/>
File:Opel Astra L PHEV Automesse Ludwigsburg 2022 1X7A5888.jpg|[[Opel Astra|Opel]]/[[Vauxhall Astra]] <br/>
File:Mercedes-Benz C118 IMG 2673.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class]] <br/>
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!<ref>{{cite web|date=March 2021|title=European sales 2018 compact car segment|url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2018-compact-car-segment/|access-date=22 March 2021|website=www.carsalesbase.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=March 2021|title=European sales 2018 Premium Compact segment|url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2018-premium-compact-segment/|access-date=22 March 2021|website=www.carsalesbase.com}}</ref>
!<ref>{{cite web|date=March 2021|title=European sales 2019 Compact cars|url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2019-compact-cars/|access-date=22 March 2021|website=www.carsalesbase.com}}</ref>
!<ref>{{cite web|date=March 2021|title=European sales 2020 Compact cars|url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/|access-date=22 March 2021|website=www.carsalesbase.com|archive-date=13 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213031903/https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
!<ref>{{cite web|date=2022|title=European sales 2021 Compact cars|url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2021-compact-cars//|access-date=14 May 2022|website=www.carsalesbase.com}}</ref>
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Note: Sales of [[Subcompact executive car|premium C-segment vehicles]] were recorded separately until 2019, where they were consolidated into total segment sales along with [[D-segment]] [[Compact executive car|premium cars]]. Premium brands and models are marked in ''italic''. Electric car sales were first included in the segment total in 2020.
== Market share in Europe ==
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2020 – Sales of compact cars in Europe are down 24% to 2.03 million in 2020, perfectly in line with the overall market. And while Europeans bought more small crossovers than compact cars in the first three quarters of the year, in the full-year score the pecking order is returned to “normal”, with an advantage of 17,000 sales for the compact class. This result is mostly due to a wave of VW ID.3 (self)registrations, especially in December. We expect small crossovers to become Europe’s #2 segment in 2021 by a large margin.
<ref>{{cite web
== Europe ==
[[File:2017 Volkswagen Golf (5G MY17) 1.4 SE TSI hatchback (2017-08-30).jpg|thumb|[[Volkswagen Golf]]]]
According to 2011 sales,<ref>{{cite web|title=Europe Full Year 2011: Top 318 All models ranking now available! |date=6 October 2006 |publisher=Automotive News |url= http://www.autoweek.nl/forum/read.php?1,2449761,page=23 |access-date=7 February 2016}}</ref> compact cars are currently the second segment in Europe after the [[subcompact]] one (which in Europe corresponds to [[A-segment]] + [[B-segment]]), with approximately 3 million units sold.
Because of the [[Volkswagen Golf]]'s definition and long standing dominance of this class it is often referred to as the "Golf segment" in much of Europe.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2016-08-19 | url = http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/kompaktklasse-1916624.html | title= Kompaktklasse |trans-title=Compact Class | publisher = Auto Motor und Sport | language = de }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.expressen.se/motor/stort-test-de-10-basta-bilarna-i-golf-klassen/ | publisher = Expressen | date = 2013-04-16 | work = Allt om Bilar | title = Stort test: De 10 bästa bilarna i Golf-klassen |trans-title=Big test: The 10 best cars in the Golf class | language = sv | last1 = Jakobsson | first1 = David | last2 = Berggren | first2 = Jan-Erik }}</ref><ref name="Copping 2006 17">{{cite book|first=Richard |last=Copping |page=17 |title=VW Golf: Five Generations of Fun: The Full Story of the Volkswagen Golf |publisher=Veloce Publishing |year=2006 }}</ref>
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After the Second World War, European manufacturers usually featured two vehicle types: small [[economy cars]] that were usually saloons and large [[sedan (car)|saloons]]. By the 1960s, the post war economic boom had produced customers who wanted something of intermediate size. These were usually saloons during the 1950s and 1960s.
The world's first [[Hatchback#Early examples|hatchback]],<ref>{{cite book|
The modern C-segment market in Europe can be traced back to the 1968 launch of the [[Renault 6]], the first successful hatchback of this size. The ''hatchback'' bodystyle was first introduced by [[Renault]] with the 1964 [[Renault 16]], which was elected the 1965 [[European Car of the Year|Car of the year in Europe]]. A review in the English ''Motoring Illustrated'' in May 1965 stated: "The Renault Sixteen can thus be described as a large family car but one that is neither a four door saloon and nor is it quite an estate. But, importantly, it is a little different."<ref name="Motoring Illustrated, May 1965">Motoring Illustrated, May 1965</ref> Even the later similar-sized cars like the [[Ford Escort (Europe)|Ford Escort]], [[Vauxhall Viva (1963–1979)|Vauxhall Viva]], [[Austin Allegro]] and [[Hillman Avenger]] were still only available as saloons or estates, although some cars of this size, like the [[Austin 1100|BMC/BL 1100 and 1300 saloons]] and [[Italy|Italy's]] [[Fiat 128]] featured front-wheel drive from their launch during the 1960s.
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[[British Leyland]] replaced the BMC 1100/1300 with a variety of models: the 1969 [[Austin Maxi]], the 1971 [[Morris Marina]], and the 1973 [[Austin Allegro]].
A second-generation Ford Escort (jointly designed in Britain and Germany) was released in 1974. The same year, the German [[Volkswagen Golf]] front-wheel-drive hatchback was released, becoming one of the first significantly
The third-generation Vauxhall Viva was produced until late 1979, when it was replaced by the [[Vauxhall Astra#First generation (1979-1984)|Vauxhall Astra]] (a rebadged [[Opel Kadett#Kadett D (1979–1984)|Opel Kadett D]] which was initially produced in West Germany and Belgium).
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=== 1990s ===
[[File:1990 Rover 216 GSi 1.6 Front.jpg|thumb|[[Rover 200 / 25#R8|Rover 200 Mk2]] (1989–1995)]]
VW Group introduced C-segment cars sharing various generations of its [[Volkswagen Group A platform|Volkswagen Group A]] [[Car platform|platform]] under the Volkswagen, SEAT, Audi and Škoda brands.
Ford began the 1990s by replacing its 10-year-old Escort (and the Orion saloon version) with the [[Ford Escort (Europe)#Fifth generation (1990–1997)|Ford Escort MkV]]. In 1998, the European version of the Escort was replaced by the global [[Ford Focus#First generation (C170; 1998)|Ford Focus MkI]] model.
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