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| | Compact car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Although compact cars had been made in the United States before, the modern compact class is considered to have begun in 1959 and 1960, when the Rambler American, Studebaker Lark, Chevrolet Corvair, Ford Falcon, and Plymouth Valiant all appeared in rapid succession. |
 | | Compact car is a largely North American term denoting an automobile smaller than a midsize car, but larger than a subcompact car. |
 | | Within a few years after that, the compacts had given rise to a new class called the pony car, named after the Ford Mustang, which was built on the Falcon chassis. |
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