2005 Ford Taurus, one of the most popular mid sized cars ever sold in the United States. A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is the North American term for an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size car. In Europe, cars of a similar size are often referred to as large family cars or executive cars, depending on whether they are luxury cars. As many of them are sedans, they are commonly called saloon cars within the United Kingdom and sedans throughout Europe. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1002 KB) Beschrijving Ford Taurus model 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Ford Taurus Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1002 KB) Beschrijving Ford Taurus model 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Ford Taurus Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ...
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Karl Benzs Velo (vélo means bicycle in French) model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race 2005 MINI Cooper S. An automobile (also motor car or simply car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ...
The Rambler American introduced in the late 1950s was an early compact car. ...
2001 BMW 750iL A full-size car is a term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car, usually having a wheelbase greater than 2. ...
World map showing the location of Europe. ...
A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ...
Executive car is a British term used generally to describe an automobile larger than a large family car, but which is not a high-end or ultra luxury car, a multi-purpose vehicle or a sport utility vehicle. ...
A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. ...
A Toyota Camry, a recognizable sedan The Ford Five Hundred, a full-sized sedan The 3-box design, indicative of a notchback sedan, as illustrated on a full-size luxury sedan. ...
North America
1976 Buick Century. This generation represented the largest size the intermediate class would reach. The mid-size class grew out of the compacts of the early 1960s. One of the first, the Ford Fairlane, was referred to at its introduction in 1962 as a compact intermediate. This was true, as it was barely bigger than its close relative the Falcon. General Motors' first entries in the class, such as the Oldsmobile F-85, Pontiac Tempest and Buick Special were not mechanically related to the compact Chevrolet Corvair, but were similar in size. The class began to grow almost immediately, however, and for the next 10 years each expansion in size in the full-size field was followed by a proportionate growth in the mid-sizers. By the mid-1960s, they were as big as full-size cars of the mid-1950s. By the mid-1970s, they were nearly as big as the full-sizers of the mid-1960s. By the 1970's, the intermediate class was generally defined as vehicles with wheelbases between 112" and 118". Authors former car File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Authors former car File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria 1957 Ford Fairlane 1966 Ford Fairlane GTA 1997 Ford Fairlane Ghia The Ford Fairlane was an automobile model sold between 1955 and 1971 by the Ford Motor Company in North America. ...
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The Oldsmobile Cutlass is a type of automobile made by General Motors. ...
Motor Life magazine cover, showing rear view of 1961 Pontiac Tempest chassis, with rear transaxle. ...
1940 Buick Coupé Straight 8 Special 4. ...
Corvair convertible The Chevrolet Corvair was an automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1960 to 1969. ...
A turning point occurred in the late 1970s, when rising fuel costs and government fuel economy regulations caused all car classes to shrink, and in many cases to blur. The situation was complicated by the fact that General Motors began to downsize about two years before everybody else. In 1978, the Chevrolet Malibu nameplate had been redesigned on a 108" wheelbase, while the Ford Fairmont had been designed to replace the Ford Granada with a Volvo-like size at 105". Both competed with the Chrysler standard and extended K-cars, often classified as compact, though midsize by EPA standards Mid-size platforms such as the Plymouth Satellite would be rebranded as full-size, or rebodied before they vanished like the AMC Matador in the face of the downsized Chevrolet Caprice which further redefined market segments. Some were subsequently replaced by what used to be large compacts like the Plymouth Gran Fury in police applications. The Fairmont would be badged with the full-size Ford LTD moniker before being replaced by the class-defining Ford Taurus. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
The Chevrolet Malibu (named after Malibu, California) is a mid-size car produced in the United States by General Motors. ...
Ford Fairmont is a name that has been used for two unrelated models of automobile; one in Australia and one in North America. ...
It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...
The Plymouth Satellite was an automobile introduced in 1965 as the top model in Plymouths mid-size Belvedere line. ...
1974 Matador rebuilt as a replica of a Police Car from The Dukes of Hazzard Second generation 1975 Matador base model sedan The AMC Matador was an intermediate car built and sold by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1971 to 1978. ...
1972 Chevrolet Caprice 1976 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau Australian-designed and built 2001 Chevrolet Caprice, for Middle Eastern markets and based on the Holden Statesman The Chevrolet Caprice (later called Caprice Classic) was a series name of automobile produced by Chevrolet, a division of General Motors, in the United States...
The Plymouth Fury was an automobile model and series made by the Plymouth Division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1956 to 1989. ...
1971 Ford LTD convertible The Ford LTD is a car model name that has been used by the Ford Motor Company both in North America and Australia. ...
The Ford Taurus is a mid-size, front wheel drive car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. ...
Import models such as the Honda Accord which had been classified by the EPA as subcompact in 1985, and Toyota Camry would grow in the midsize class by the 1990s. Mid-size vehicles today usually have wheelbases between 2.68 meters (105") and 2.79 meters (110"). Another definition specifies between 110 ft³ (3000 L) and 119 ft³ (3300 L) of interior volume. This is the most popular size car sold in the United States. The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord are now regular best sellers in the US. Domestic entries were often larger than similarly priced imports, but Honda sized its dedicated North American Accord to match the Ford Taurus. Ironically, it so defined the market category that on its retirement in 2006, it actually outsold the slightly larger Five-Hundred and smaller Fusion combined, however, most agree that this is because the Taurus at the end of its life, was sold 100% to rental fleets. The Honda Accord is an automobile manufactured by Honda. ...
The Toyota Camry is a mid-size car assembled by Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky, USA, as well as Altona, Victoria, Australia, and the original factory in Toyota City, Japan. ...
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The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ...
The Toyota Camry is a mid-size car assembled by Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky, USA, as well as Altona, Victoria, Australia, and the original factory in Toyota City, Japan. ...
The Honda Accord is an automobile manufactured by Honda. ...
The Ford Taurus is a mid-size, front wheel drive car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. ...
Europe, Australia & New Zealand Cars in Europe's equivalent category to North America's mid-size are generally known as large family cars or executive cars (small family cars are North American compacts), whereas Australia and New Zealand also use the mid-size label. European and Australasian mid-size/family cars are usually a little smaller than the North American norm, even from the same manufacturer. For comparison, the 1998 Ford Taurus weighed around 1500 kg, had a 2757 mm wheelbase, and was powered by a 3.0 L V6 engine, whereas a 1998 Ford Mondeo weighed around 1300 kg, had a 2704 mm wheelbase, and was often powered by a 2.0 L I4. Download high resolution version (1500x1071, 450 KB) 2000 Vauxhall Vectra 1. ...
Download high resolution version (1500x1071, 450 KB) 2000 Vauxhall Vectra 1. ...
The Opel Vectra is a large family car produced by Opel, the main European subsidiary of General Motors. ...
A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ...
Executive car is a British term used generally to describe an automobile larger than a large family car, but which is not a high-end or ultra luxury car, a multi-purpose vehicle or a sport utility vehicle. ...
The Rambler American introduced in the late 1950s was an early compact car. ...
The Ford Taurus is a mid-size, front wheel drive car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. ...
The Ford Mondeo is a large family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in various markets throughout the world. ...
European and Australasian mid-size/large family cars are also usually offered in sedan and hatchback form, as opposed to the sole sedan form found in the models populating the North American category. European mid-size cars tend to be front-wheel drive with a focus on ride comfort, although the twisting nature of European roads demands a high level of handling agility which would not normally be required in the USA.
As elsewhere, upsizing has blurred the distinction between types, with models that would be and are compacts in North America, such as the Ford Focus and Opel Astra, approaching the midsize category by growing larger and fitting more powerful engines with every iteration. However, it is usually thought the categories to grow along the years rather than the cars switching categories. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
See also Vauxhall Astra and Holden Astra for the usage of the nameplate by other General Motors subsidiaries. ...
Sometimes the definitions of car categories are manipulated to serve marketing ends. In Australia, Toyota had categorized the V6 equipped Camry as a large car and the 4-cylinder Camry as a medium or mid-size car in order to dominate more segments, despite the physical size of the cars being identical. Similarly, the Opel/Vauxhall Omega/Cadillac Catera, which had dimensions right on the border between the North American categorizations of full-size and mid-size, was marketed as a luxury full-size car in Europe and a mid-size car in North America. This article is about the European car manufacturer. ...
The Opel Omega was a large automobile from Opel, the main European subsidiary of General Motors. ...
Pre-facelift Catera The Cadillac Catera was a mid-sized automobile that was largely a rebadged version of the Opel Omega MV6 made in Rüsselsheim, Germany. ...
Japan
The Mitsubishi Galant is a popular Japanese mid-size sedan In Japan, the term mid-size car probably does not have the intermediate sense that it does in other markets. Due to space restrictions the range of cars available in this market starts from a much smaller size. As such, the models that Japan exports to other markets to compete in mid-size market segments such as the Mazda6 and Subaru Legacy occupy a more exclusive segment in the Japanese marketplace. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1650x1190, 287 KB) Summary 1999 Mitsubishi Galant ES Owner: Jagvar Photographer: [[User:Jagvar|JBold text Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1650x1190, 287 KB) Summary 1999 Mitsubishi Galant ES Owner: Jagvar Photographer: [[User:Jagvar|JBold text Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
2005 Mazda6 wagon The Atenza or Mazda6 is a midsize car from the Japanese carmaker Mazda. ...
Subaru Legacy station wagon (third generation) US-spec Subaru Legacy The Subaru Legacy is a mid-size car introduced by the Japanese manufacturer Subaru in February 1989 as a larger, upscale companion to the companys Leone/Loyale (which was known, in some countries, by its trim level only, Subaru...
An interesting quirk of Japanese automotive tax codes is that width is one of factors determining which category a car is taxed under. Therefore even mid-sized cars destined for export markets from Japan had widths of less than 1700 mm, as manufacturers had to look to domestic consumption as well as export. However, as export markets have become progressively more significant for Japanese car manufacturers, more models have been produced that break this 1700 mm wide limit (around 67 inches).
See also This is a list of current automobile models by type. ...
It has been suggested that Vehicle size class be merged into this article or section. ...
North America Vehicle size classes in use in North America categorise automobiles by their relative lengths and volumes. ...
A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ...
Executive car is a British term used generally to describe an automobile larger than a large family car, but which is not a high-end or ultra luxury car, a multi-purpose vehicle or a sport utility vehicle. ...
External links - EPA list of 1985 midsize cars
- EPA list of 1988 midsize cars
- EPA list of 1990 midsize cars
- EPA list of 1994 midsize cars
- EPA list of 1998 midsize cars
- EPA list of 2000 midsize cars
- Official U.S. government car size class definitions
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