ECONOMYCAR

Economy car

An economy car is an automobile that is designed for low cost purchase and operation. Typical economy cars are small, light weight, and inexpensive to buy. Economy car designers are forced by stringent design constraints to be inventive. Many innovations in automobile design were originally developed for economy cars, such as the Ford Model T and the Austin Mini. Gordon Murray the Formula 1 and Mclaren F1 designer, said when designing his new Murray T.25 city car: “I would say that building a car to sell for six thousand pounds and designing that for a high volume production, where you have all the quality issues under control is a hundred times more difficult ...

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economy car

Noun

  1. A car - usually small and lightweight - designed for low-cost operation
    He was so fed up with high gas prices that he traded in his full-sized sport utility vehicle for an economy car.


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