Euro Car Segment
Vehicle segments for cars in Europe do not have formal characterization or regulations.[1] Although the definition is vague, there is little overlap between segments A-F based on mass and area parameters.[2]
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.[3]
The segments have been defined in the past by the European Commission:[4] (EU market share in 2011)[2]
- 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.
Compare with other car classification
See also
References
- ↑ "Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 - Merger Procedure" (PDF). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg.
exact market definition was left open .. boundaries between segments are blurred by factors other than the size or length of cars
- 1 2 Christian Thiel, Johannes Schmidt, Arnold Van Zyl, Erwin Schmid (16 February 2014). "Cost and well-to-wheel implications of the vehicle fleet CO2 emission regulation in the European Union". ResearchGate. Transportation Research Part A 63 (2014) 25–42. p. 27+28. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2014.02.018. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
There is no or very little overlap between the traditional segments A to F
PDF EU headliner - ↑ "Car Classes Simplified: The Euro-standard Car Segments". AutoIndustriya.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ European Commission classification
- ↑ Alborz, Fallah. "New Car Sales Figures June 2015". Car Advice. Car Advice. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ 40 C.F.R. 600 Subpart D §315-08
- ↑ NCAP Comparable cars
- ↑ Case No COMP/M.1406 - Hyundai / Kia: Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 Merger Procedure: Article 6(1)(b) Non-opposition Date: 17/03/1999
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