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Everything about Compact car
Cars that are larger than a subcompact car but smaller than a mid-size car
Compact car is a vehicle size class—predominantly used in North America—that sits between subcompact cars and mid-size cars. "Small family car" is a British term and a part of the C-segment in the European car classification. However, before the downsizing of the United States car industry in the 1970s and 1980s, larger vehicles with wheelbases up to 110 in (2.79 m) were considered "compact cars" in the United States. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Compact carA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Flow Structure Characteristics of the Simplified Compact Car Exposed to Crosswind Effects using CFDInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Task 5 report of tests 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 for development of compliance test for truck rear underride protectionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sustainable transport modes, travel satisfaction, and emotions: Evidence from car-dependent compact citiesCited 53 times
- Go sideways: Subcompact carA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Mid-size carA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Sustainable transport modes, travel satisfaction, and emotions: Evidence from car-dependent compact cities
Novel compact sorption generators for car air conditioning
Product quality, product price, and share dynamics in the German compact car market
Proof of Concept Car Adsorption Air-Conditioning System Using a Compact Sorption Reactor
Spatial Analysis and Synthesis of Car Audio System and Car Cabin Acoustics with a Compact Microphone Array
Realising car-free developments within compact cities
Ventilation Characteristics of Modeled Compact Car Part 1 Airflow Velocity Measurement with PIV
Vibration analysis on compact car shock absorber
🆕 Influential since 2022
Flow Structure Characteristics of the Simplified Compact Car Exposed to Crosswind Effects using CFD
Does compact development increase car use among car users?
ENABLING SCALABLE AND AUTOMATED CAR T CELL MANUFACTURING WITH A COMPACT MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM
Aerodynamic Approach to Two-Passenger City Car Design: A Study of Square Back and Compact Shapes
The Effects of Design Formativeness on Consumer Satisfaction and Word-of-mouth Intention of Compact Car Brand Headlights
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Task 5 report of tests 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 for development of compliance test for truck rear underride protectionR. Baczynski · 1978
- 📕Small carsBarbara Alpert · 2013
- 📕Impact test of compact vehicle with modified side structure, 35 mph, 90E. Enserink · 1979
Mercedes-Benz C-class (W202) service manualRoss Cox · 2008
Sports Compacts (Enthusiast Color)Alan Paradise · 2003
Small wonderPhilip Chacko · 2010
GM subcompact 1971-80The Nichols/Chilton Editors · 1980- 📕Kogata jidōsha-dokuhonDaizō Hamada · 1936
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