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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
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>
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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: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 ==
2019
<ref>{{cite web |title=European sales 2019 Compact cars |url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2019-compact-cars/|website=www.carsalesbase.com |access-date=29 March 2021|date=March 2021}}</ref>
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== 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>
Mainstream compact sedans began falling in popularity since 1990s, when Peugeot stopped production of [[Peugeot 306|306]] in 4-door saloon form, and also sharply declining since 2010s, as well as the reduced sales of 4-door [[Ford Focus]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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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.
The C-segment was revolutionized in 1974 with the launch of the [[Volkswagen Golf]], a front-wheel drive hatchback, which was hugely successful all over Europe. Within a decade, most cars of this size in Europe were front-wheel drive hatchbacks. These included the [[Fiat Ritmo]] (Strada in the UK), [[Ford Escort (Europe)|Ford Escort]] (from the MK3 model launched in 1980), [[Opel Kadett]] ([[Vauxhall Astra]] in the UK), [[Renault 11]], and the [[Talbot Horizon]] (originally a [[Chrysler]]/[[Simca]] until [[Peugeot]] took over [[Chrysler|Chrysler's]] [[Chrysler Europe|European division]] in 1979). Most manufacturers still offered a traditional saloon of this size though, with Volkswagen using the Golf as the base for its [[Volkswagen Jetta|Jetta]] saloon, and Ford launching the Escort-based [[Ford Orion|Orion]] in 1983. Also in the 1980s saloons became popular again in certain Western European markets, often with a different model name than the hatchback, for example the [[Renault 9]] (Renault 11-based), [[Fiat Regata]] (Ritmo-based) and [[SEAT Málaga]].
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=== 1970s ===
[[File:Morris 1300 MKIII 1974 - front.jpg|thumb|[[BMC ADO16#Mark III (1971–1974)|Morris 1300]] (
At the start of the 1970s, the two most popular sectors of the UK market{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} were small family cars and [[D-segment|large family cars]]. From its launch in 1962, the [[BMC ADO16|BMC 1100/1300]] was often Britain's best selling car;<ref>{{cite web |title=BMC 1100/1300 development story – the car that shaped 1960s Britain |url=https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/bmc-cars/1100-1300/ado16-development-story/ |website=www.aronline.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2019 |date=17 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Buyer's Guide BMC 1100 & 1300 / ADO16 Britain's best-selling |url=https://drive-my.com/en/retro-carss/item/2299-buyer-s-guide-bmc-1100-1300-ado16-britain-s-best-selling.html |website=www.drive-my.com |date=9 February 2016 |access-date=12 January 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref> other locally produced compact cars included the [[Ford Escort (Europe)#First generation (1967–1975)|Ford Escort]], [[Vauxhall Viva#HA Viva (1963–1966)|Vauxhall Viva]] and [[Hillman Avenger]]. Imported small family cars that were popular in the UK included the [[Citroën GS]] and [[Nissan Sunny|Datsun Sunny 120Y]].
[[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).
The Astra was part of a late-1970s transition in small family cars from being predominantly [[rear-wheel drive|rear-wheel-drive]] [[sedan (automobile)|saloon]]s, to becoming [[front-wheel drive|front-wheel-drive]] [[hatchback]]s (by then increasingly popular in mainland Europe). The Austin Allegro – introduced five years earlier – was front-wheel-drive, but was built in only saloon and [[station wagon|estate]] body styles. Only the related [[Austin Maxi]] was a hatchback.
The Hillman Avenger (marketed as a Chrysler Avenger 1976–1979 and as a Talbot Avenger 1979–1981) continued to sell well,{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} in spite of the 1978 launch of the [[Simca-Talbot Horizon#Horizon in the UK|Talbot Horizon]] front-wheel-drive hatchback.
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=== 1980s ===
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The [[Ford Escort (Europe)#Third generation (1980–1986)|Ford Escort Mk3]] went on sale in the autumn of 1980, replacing the rear-wheel-drive saloon format of the Mk2 with a hatchback and front-wheel drive. (A saloon version called the [[Ford Orion]] was added in 1983.) Only in 1983 was the Austin Allegro replaced by the [[Austin Maestro]] hatchback. In 1984, the [[Vauxhall Astra#Second generation (1984–1991)|Vauxhall Astra Mk2]] hatchback/estate/cabriolet was released, alongside a saloon version called the [[Vauxhall Belmont]].
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=== 1990s ===
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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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