Compact car is a largely North American term denoting an automobile smaller than a mid-size car, but larger than an international supermini variant, similarly recognized in much of the world as a “C-segment” (between B- and D-segment) vehicles. Compact cars usually have wheelbases between 100 inches (2,540 mm) and 105 inches (2,667 mm).
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a “Compact” car as measuring between 100 cubic feet (2.8 m3) and 109 cubic feet (3.1 m3) of combined passenger and cargo volume capacity. Passenger car classes are defined based on interior volume index or seating capacity, except automobiles classified as a special vehicle such as those with only two designated seating positions.
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Typical example of such cars are the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda 3, Chevrolet Cobalt, Nissan Sentra and the Ford Focus to name a few.