- Family car
A family car is a
car classification used inEurope to describe normally-sized cars. The name refers to the fact that these cars are suitable for afamily to goshopping or onvacation s. Most family cars arehatchback s or saloons, although there are MPVs, estates and cabriolets with the same structure as with the otherbody style . The term covers two types of family cars.mall family cars
Current small family cars are between 4.20 m and 4.35 m long if they are hatchbacks, or between 4.40 m and 4.55 m if they are saloon or estate models. Since the 1990s there have been
multi-purpose vehicle based on them, calledcompact MPV s. Popular small family cars are the Ford Focus,Opel Astra ,Peugeot 307 ,Renault Mégane andVolkswagen Golf .In
North America , which uses a different classification system, cars of this size are generally referred to ascompact car s, and the term "family car" is almost never used to describe a vehicle in this class.Large family cars
Large family cars were usually around 4.50 m in length by the early 1990s, but are now shifting to 4.70 m or more in length. Examples of large family cars include the
Ford Mondeo ,Opel Vectra ,Renault Laguna , and theVolkswagen Passat .Equivalently sized cars in North America are usually called
mid-size car s; the term "family car" is fairly often used to refer to a vehicle in this class. Examples include the Ford Fusion,Chevrolet Malibu and theBuick LaCrosse .ee also
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Car classification
*Vehicle size class
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