Small Cars Seek Appeal Beyond the Cute Factor
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We have a Honda Fit and love it. Subcompact cars follow in line with E.F. Schumacher's "Small is Beautiful."
"As drivers in the United States grudgingly adapt to higher gasoline prices, automakers seem to be taking a greater interest in building smaller cars that are more than afterthoughts to larger, more profitable models. A look at the vehicles on display at the New York auto show last month suggests that the design of scaled-down models — often called B-class cars by the industry and city cars by marketers — is improving."
"As drivers in the United States grudgingly adapt to higher gasoline prices, automakers seem to be taking a greater interest in building smaller cars that are more than afterthoughts to larger, more profitable models. A look at the vehicles on display at the New York auto show last month suggests that the design of scaled-down models — often called B-class cars by the industry and city cars by marketers — is improving."
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