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Take, for example, a Hyundai venue, a subcompact crossover SUV, with an average current list price of $24,000.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
Overall, the list of appreciating models consists of two Porsche sports cars and no fewer than eight SUVs, with the most-attainable model on the list being the subcompact Chevrolet Trax crossover; its $18,971 average transaction price represents a 9.8% jump from 2024 to 2025.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Even a subcompact Nissan Leaf Plus carries a 60-kWh pack, among the smallest batteries in any U.S.-market EV.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2024
The company said the wrongdoing does not affect the safety of the vehicles already on roads, which include the Corolla subcompact and Lexus luxury vehicles.
—Yuri Kageyama, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
Overall, the list of appreciating models consists of two Porsche sports cars and no fewer than eight SUVs, with the most-attainable model on the list being the subcompact Chevrolet Trax crossover; its $18,971 average transaction price represents a 9.8% jump from 2024 to 2025.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Even a subcompact Nissan Leaf Plus carries a 60-kWh pack, among the smallest batteries in any U.S.-market EV.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2024
The company said the wrongdoing does not affect the safety of the vehicles already on roads, which include the Corolla subcompact and Lexus luxury vehicles.
—Yuri Kageyama, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
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“Subcompact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcompact. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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subcompact
noun
sub·com·pact
ˈsəb-ˈkäm-ˌpakt 
: an automobile smaller than a compact
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