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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 {{cvt|4.5|m|ft|1}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meadows |first=Jordan |title=Vehicle Design: aesthetic principles in transportation design |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138685604 |pages=39–40 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ipU4DwAAQBAJ&pg=SA3-PA39 |access-date=29 September 2018 |quote= The [C] segment is around 4.5 metres long.}}</ref><ref name="Jacobs">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1hTrCgAAQBAJ |page=33 |title=The new domestic automakers in the United States and Canada: history, impacts, and prospects |first=Andrew James |last=Jacobs |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2016 |isbn=9780739188262 |access-date=19 July 2017 |quote= 4) Compact— vehicles between 165 and 179.99 inches in length or equivalent to Europe's C-segment for cars.}}</ref> As of 2021 C-segment category sizes span from approximately {{cvt|4.2 to 4.6|m|ft|1}}.
Examples include Volkswagen Golf,
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== Current models ==
In 2020 the highest selling C-segment cars in Europe were the Volkswagen Golf, 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}}</ref>
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File:Skoda Octavia Combi 2.0 TDI First Edition (IV) – f 02042021.jpg|[[Škoda Octavia]] <br/> 4th generation (2020–present)
File:Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Hybrid ST-Line (IV, Facelift) – f 24092022.jpg|[[Ford Focus (fourth generation)|Ford Focus]] <br /> 4th generation (2018–present)▼
File:2018 Mercedes-Benz A200 AMG Line Premium+ 1.3 Front.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz A-Class]] <br /> 4th generation (2018–present)▼
File:Toyota Corolla Hybrid (E210) IMG 4338.jpg|[[Toyota Corolla]] <br /> 12th generation (2018–present)
▲File:2018 Mercedes-Benz A200 AMG Line Premium+ 1.3 Front.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz A-Class]] <br /> 4th generation (2018–present)
▲File:Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Hybrid ST-Line (IV, Facelift) – f 24092022.jpg|[[Ford Focus (fourth generation)|Ford Focus]] <br /> 4th generation (2018–present)
File:Seat Leon FR (IV) – f 01012023.jpg|[[SEAT León]] <br /> 4th generation (2020–present)
File:BMW 120 (F70) IMG 1166.jpg|[[BMW 1 Series]] <br /> 4th generation (2024–present)
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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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