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People look at a BYD Dolphin electric subcompact during the 2023 Shenyang International Auto Show on May 3, 2023 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China.
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Sonia Heng, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
Ford took a few years to bring its hybrid vehicles to market, following the path of the Honda Insight two-passenger subcompact liftback and the Toyota Prius four-door sedan.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024
Before that, countless EVs looked like cheap subcompacts at best or golf carts at worst.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
No, not the Transit Connect Ford sold in the US not so long ago, but the Transit Courier, an even smaller van that looks more like a subcompact crossover.
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2024
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Sonia Heng, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
Ford took a few years to bring its hybrid vehicles to market, following the path of the Honda Insight two-passenger subcompact liftback and the Toyota Prius four-door sedan.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024
Before that, countless EVs looked like cheap subcompacts at best or golf carts at worst.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
No, not the Transit Connect Ford sold in the US not so long ago, but the Transit Courier, an even smaller van that looks more like a subcompact crossover.
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Subcompact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcompact. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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subcompact
noun
sub·com·pact
ˈsəb-ˈkäm-ˌpakt 
: an automobile smaller than a compact
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