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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 {{convertcvt|4.5|m|ft|01}}.<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|4.2m2 to 4.6m6|m|ft|1}}.

Examples include Volkswagen Golf, Ford Focus, Citroën C4, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, BMW 1 Series, Audi A3, Škoda Scala, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla.<ref>{{cite web |title=European sales 2020 Compact cars |url=https://carsalesbase.com/european-sales-2020-compact-cars/|website=www.carsalesbase.com |access-date=29 March 2021|date=March 2021}}</ref>