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Vehicle segments for cars in Europe do not have formal characterization or regulations. Although the definition is vague, there is little overlap between segments A-F based on mass and area parameters.
Models segments tend to be based on comparison to well-known brand models. For example, a car such as the Volkswagen Golf might be described as being in the Ford Focus size class, or vice versa. The VW Polo is smaller, so it belongs one segment below the Golf, while the bigger Passat is one segment above.
The segments have been defined in the past by the European Commission: (EU market share in 2011)
- A: mini cars (8.7%)
- B: small cars (26%)
- C: medium cars (23%)
- D: large cars (11%)
- E: executive cars (3%)
- F: luxury cars (0.3%)
- J: sport utility cars (including off-road vehicles) (13%)
- M: Multi purpose cars (13%)
- S: Sports cars (1%)
These are different to the classifications used by the Europe-wide safety assessment programme Euro NCAP.
Video Euro Car Segment
Registrations
Maps Euro Car Segment
Compare with other car classification
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See also
- ACRISS Car Classification Code
- Car body style
- Truck classification
- Vehicle size class
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References
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