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The B-segment is the second smallest of the European segments for passenger cars, between the A-segment and C-segment, and commonly described as "small cars".^[1]^[2]^[3] The B-segment is the largest segment in Europe by volume, accounting for 20 percent of total car sales in 2020 according to JATO Dynamics.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Definition

The European segments are not based on size or weight criteria.^[2] In practice, B-segment cars have been described as having a length of approximately 3.7–4.2 m (146–165 in), and may vary depending on the body styles, markets, and era.^[7]^[8]^[9] In some cases, the same car may be differently positioned depending on the market.^[8]

The Euro NCAP vehicle class called "Supermini" also includes smaller A-segment cars alongside B-segment cars.^[10]

In Britain, the term "supermini" is more widely used for B-segment hatchbacks.^[11] The term was developed in the 1970s as an informal categorisation,^[12] and by 1977 was used regularly by the British newspaper The Times.^[13] By the mid-1980s, it had widespread use in Britain.^[14]^[15]^[16]

In Germany, the term "small cars" (German: Kleinwagen) has been endorsed by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [de], KBA) equivalent to the B-segment.^[17]^[18] The segment accounts for 15.1 percent of total car registrations in the country in 2020.^[19]

History

The Autobianchi A112 has been regarded as the pioneer of supermini, predating the "B-segment" term.

The term supermini, which precedes the B-segment term emerged in the UK in the 1970s, as car manufacturers sought a new design to surpass the influential Mini, launched in 1959, and journalists attempted to categorise such a vehicle.^[20]^[21] The car which is widely regarded as the first modern supermini is the Autobianchi A112, launched in 1969. It was later followed by the Fiat 127, Renault 5, VW Polo and Honda Civic, which are similar in concept and size.

These supermini or B-segment cars were considered to feature better comfort and convenience, with the safety and surefootedness of the Mini's front-wheel drive/transverse engine package. That meant the addition of a hatchback and folding rear seats. The oil crisis in the 1970s was also argued to increase supermini market share.^[8]

In 1976, Ford launched the Ford Fiesta which became popular.^[22]^[23] The segment began to be more popular in the 1980s.^[22] By the mid-1980s, the term supermini had become established as a formal car classification term,^[24] eventually being adopted in European Commission classification as the B-segment.^[2]

The 1990 Renault Clio and 1983 Fiat Uno were significant models in the supermini or the B-segment, being the recipients of the European Car of the Year award.^[25]^[26] The Clio replaced the long-running Renault 5, although the latter remained in production until 1996.^[27] In 1993, the Nissan Micra (K11), became the first Japanese car company to be receive the European Car of the Year award.^[28] In 1999, the Toyota Yaris received the European Car of the Year award, and was noted for its high roof which allowed for improved interior space.^[29] Another notable model is the Opel Corsa, which was the best-selling car in the world in the year 1998 thanks to its extensive international presence. It recorded a global sales of 910,839 units that year, in which 54 percent was contributed by its European sales.^[30] It took the world number one spot from the Toyota Corolla at 906,953 sales.^[31]

Safety and performance

Safety features have improved for the cars in the segment. In 1995, both petrol and diesel B-segment vehicles had only around 40 percent of the listed safety options installed (side impact bars, driver/passenger airbag, side airbag, ABS, electronic braking system, stability control), whereas by 2010 they were averaging over 90 percent. This represents a significant improvement in vehicle safety over the period, despite petrol and diesel B-segment vehicles averaging an inflation-adjusted price increase of 6 percent and 15 percent respectively.^[32]

Studies from the European Union and JATO has found that the average maximum power output of B-segment vehicles has increased by 40 percent between 1995 and 2010, while the average overall vehicle weight only increased by around 20 percent in the same period. Fuel consumption has decreased by around 20 percent, and power-to-weight ratio has increased by 15 percent.^[33]

Body styles

Hatchbacks are the most popular body style for the segment.^[34] While the majority are equipped with five doors, many European-oriented hatchbacks are offered with both three-door and five-door versions, with 31 percent of European customers opting for three-door B-segment hatchbacks by 2007. This share decreased to 13 percent in 2016 due to shifts in market preferences, moving towards usability and practicality.^[35] As a result, by the late 2010s, a number of manufacturers had stopped offering three-door versions of its B-segment hatchback models in Europe.^[36]

Other less common body styles currently available in the segment in Europe are saloons (example: Dacia Logan, Škoda Fabia Saloon), estates (example: Dacia Logan MCV and Škoda Fabia Combi^[37]), and coupes/convertibles (example: Mini Cooper Cabrio/Convertible).^[34]

Sales

European sales of B-segment cars were down by 7% in 2021 to 2.07 million units from the previous year. This is the first year since 2013 that no model achieved more than 200,000 sales.

In 2021 the fifteen highest selling B-segment cars in Europe were the Renault Clio, Peugeot 208, Dacia Sandero, Opel/Vauxhall Corsa, Toyota Yaris, Citroën C3, Volkswagen Polo, Mini, Skoda Fabia, Ford Fiesta, Renault Zoe, Seat Ibiza, Hyundai i20, Suzuki Swift, and Audi A1.^[38]

100,000–200,000 sales

Renault Clio
5th generation (2019–present)
Peugeot 208
2nd generation (2019–present)
Dacia Sandero
3rd generation (2020–present)
Opel/Vauxhall Corsa
6th generation (2019–present)
Toyota Yaris
4th generation (2020–present)
Citroën C3
3rd generation (2016–present)
Volkswagen Polo
6th generation (2017–present)
Mini Hatch
4th generation (2023/2024–present)

50,000–100,000 sales

Škoda Fabia
4th generation (2021-present)
Ford Fiesta
7th generation (2017–2023)
Renault Zoe
1st generation (2012–present)
SEAT Ibiza
5th generation (2017–present)
Hyundai i20
3rd generation (2020–present)
Suzuki Swift
3rd generation (2016–2023)
Audi A1
2nd generation (2018–present)

Sales figures in Europe

2021 rank	Brand	Model	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	% change (2020-2021)
1	Renault	Clio	283,749	299,623	303,240	310,944	321,472	328,860	317,645	248,602	199,889	-20%
2	Peugeot	208	237,266	214,547	228,088	247,379	242,589	230,107	224,848	199,316	195,728	-2%
3	Dacia	Sandero	121,169	138,709	147,497	167,766	194,996	211,680	223,186	167,032	193,486	+16%
4	Opel/Vauxhall	Corsa	240,005	250,342	268,846	262,939	231,434	216,267	221,630	198,887	183,495	-8%
5	Toyota	Yaris	163,326	169,016	182,407	192,005	198,578	215,968	211,216	179,867	178,032	-1%
6	Citroën	C3	113,625	129,612	123,443	133,566	205,272	208,941	210,465	149,284	156,904	+5%
7	Volkswagen	Polo	264,763	279,463	301,462	307,462	271,369	295,403	257,804	169,467	154,066	-9%
8	Mini	Mini Hatch	x	x	x	x	x	x	134,594	110,664	113,574	+3%
9	Škoda	Fabia	125,687	116,337	159,927	175,264	177,116	166,522	155,136	97,906	90,212	-8%
10	Ford	Fiesta	292,715	308,345	313,610	298,999	255,602	270,931	228,959	156,067	86,385	-45%
11	Renault	Zoe	8,774	11,090	18,469	21,240	30,134	37,782	45,129	99,432	69,136	-30%
12	SEAT	Ibiza	110,413	112,928	118,055	120,465	117,780	102,695	99,647	62,832	68,750	+9%
13	Hyundai	i20	82,139	83,903	91,758	98,956	100,571	91,272	84,218	63,301	61,662	-3%
14	Suzuki	Swift	51,878	49,854	54,442	44,378	38,576	55,654	59,875	51,134	59,217	+16%
15	Audi	A1	x	x	x	x	x	x	77,868	58,224	57,092	-2%
16	Lancia	Ypsilon	x	x	x	x	x	x	58,820	43,076	43,862	+2%
17	Nissan	Micra	48,088	60,318	66,147	60,212	86,489	77,815	65,240	39,721	36,340	-9%
18	Kia	Rio	58,041	58,425	63,930	67,622	70,309	45,654	39,721	33,052	34,265	+4%
19	Honda	Jazz	42,548	37,645	30,510	37,005	34,898	37,894	30,730	25,182	30,503	+21%
20	Fiat	500L	-	-	-	-	-	50,224	36,495	21,883	19,967	-9%
21	Mazda	Mazda2	23,604	24,289	35,478	36,463	31,703	32,426	37,346	16,402	18,339	+12%
22	Dacia	Logan	27,656	54,549	56,144	51,055	54,029	62,511	61,304	38,408	16,134	-58%
23	Honda	Honda e	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	4,028	3,752	-8%
24	MG	MG 3	209	1,628	2,603	3,243	3,093	2,692	3,820	2,547	2,018	-21%

	Suzuki	Baleno	-	-	-	14,521	18,518	15,530	14,429	2,296	-	-
	Hyundai	ix20	-	-	-	-	-		16,893	726	-	-
	Kia	Venga	-	-	-	-	-		9,602	98	-	-
	Ford	Ka+	-	-	-	10,588	51,277	51,057	51,482	66	-	-
	Fiat	Punto	104,000	86,955	79,202	62,654	49,688	29,442	480	27	-	-
	DS Automobiles	DS 3	65,454	53,074	x	x	x	x	6,492	12	-	-
	Alfa Romeo	MiTo	x	x	x	x	x	x	669	0	-	-
	Lada	Kalina	-	-	-	1,048	653	341	120	0	-	-
	Lada	Granta	-	-	-	616	998	380	39	0	-	-
	Nissan	Note	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	0	-	-
	Ford	B-Max	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	-	-
	Peugeot	207	49,865	16,110	1,401	21	2	10	-	-	-	-
	Chevrolet	Aveo	22,686	3,774	140	37	3	0	-	-	-	-
	Mitsubishi	Colt	7,825	222	19	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
	Peugeot	206	2,462	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Toyota	Urban Cruiser	1,257	355	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Renault	Symbol/Thalia	1,056	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mainstream			2,498,729	2,563,363	2,646,842	2,724,785	2,787,150	2,787,837
Premium			208,659	207,599	287,754	284,475	320,699	283,695
Segment total									2,985,782	2,239,539	2,072,821	-7%
Source			^[39]	^[40]	^[41]	^[42]	^[43]	^[44]	^[45]	^[46]	^[38]

Notes:

Jump in total sales after 2019 year is because premium cars are included.

From 2013 to 2018 premium cars are not included in total sales (sales are marked by "x").

Premium brands and models are marked italic.

Electric cars are included in B-segment.

Electric vehicles

One of the first mass-market electric B-segment cars in Europe was the Renault Zoe, released in 2012. Global sales of the Zoe achieved the 50,000 unit milestone in June 2016,^[48] and 200,000 units by March 2020.^[49]^[50] Other manufacturers followed suit; Groupe PSA introduced the Peugeot e-208 and Opel Corsa-e in 2019,^[51] while Honda followed with the low-volume Honda e,^[52] and Mini with their Mini Electric.^[53]

Equivalents

The B-segment is considered as the European equivalent to the subcompact category widely known in North America, the A0-class in China, and the supermini category for B-segment hatchbacks in Great Britain.^[54]^[7]^[55]

List of vehicles

Category:Subcompact cars ( 304 )

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[EEC_Merger_Procedure-2] "Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 - Merger Procedure" (PDF). europa.eu. exact market definition was left open .. boundaries between segments are blurred by factors other than the size or length of cars

[3] "Impact on the Competitiveness of the European Automotive Industry of Potential FTA with India and ASEAN" (PDF). europa.eu. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013.

[4] "13% of total new car registrations in Europe made up by EVs in January 2020". JATO Dynamics. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2021-05-30.

[5] King, Nicholas (2020-12-21). "Best of 2020: B-Segment". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[6] "My segmentation". Fiat Group World. 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[Jacobs-7] Jacobs, Andrew James (2016). The new domestic automakers in the United States and Canada: history, impacts, and prospects. Lexington Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7391-8826-2. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[Felipe2012-8] Felipe, Munoz (2012-05-15). "Learning about cars: the 'B' segment". Fiat Group World. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[9] Meadows, Jordan (2017). Vehicle Design: aesthetic principles in transportation design. Routledge. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-138-68560-4. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

[10] "Latest Safety Ratings". euroncap.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[11] "What is a supermini?". Parkers. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[12] Waymark, Peter (30 May 1977). "Basic design changes are the only way to cut car costs". The Times. p. 16. From the fuel-saving point of view there can have been no more welcome trend in the past five years than the appearance from one European manufacturer after another of what has become known as the "supermini" – the Fiat 127, Renault 5, Peugeot 104, Volkswagen Polo and most recently, the Ford Fiesta.

[13] Waymark, Peter (5 May 1977). "Motoring". The Times. p. 33. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[Which12-14] "Which? Car Supplement". Which?. Consumers' Association: 5. October 1984. Popularly known as superminis, these cars are a size larger than the original BMC Mini and are typified by the Austin Metro.

[15] Mann, D (1999). Car definitions and forecast methodology. Elsevier. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-08-052774-1. Retrieved 18 August 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[16] European Motor Business. (Economist Intelligence Unit)(whole issue no 4–7) 1986.

[17] "Fahrzeugklassen – IPEK-Glossar". ipek.kit.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-21.

[18] "Kleinwagen 2021/2022: Marktübersicht mit Daten und Preisen" [Small cars 2021/2022: market overview with dates and prices]. Motor1.com (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[19] "Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt - Fahrzeugzulassungen - Pressemitteilung Nr. 02/2021 - Fahrzeugzulassungen im Dezember 2020 - Jahresbilanz" [Press release No. 02/2021 - Vehicle registrations in December 2020 - Annual balance sheet]. KBA. 2021-01-08. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-06-21.

[20] Webb, Clifford (11 August 1976). "Leyland management denies 'pushing too hard' over output". The Times. p. 15. There are also said to be fears within the state-owned motor group that Ford, having displaced Leyland from their traditional market leadership, will stay top for the rest of the year and could consolidate this position further with the introduction of the super "Mini", the Ford Fiesta.

[21] "Plans for super Mini". The Times. 18 August 1976. p. 1. Leyland Cars announce a plan to mass produce a super Mini in an integrated operation at Longbridge.

[:1-22] "The Rise of the Superminis". Hagerty UK. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[23] Stone, Matt (2020-05-28). "Ford Fiesta USA 1976-2019: Now Gone But Not Forgotten By Enthusiasts". Ford Performance. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-03-02.

[24] Mann, D. (1999). Car definitions and forecast methodology. Elsevier. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-08-052774-1. Retrieved 18 August 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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[26] "Fiat Uno". autozine.org. Retrieved 2021-06-19.

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[29] Burt, Matt (2020-04-16). "How the original Yaris was a game-changer in 1999". Toyota UK Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-19.

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v t e Car classification by the European Commission
A (mini-cars) B (small cars) C (medium cars) D (large cars) E (executive cars) F (luxury cars) J (sport utility cars) M (multi purpose cars) S (sport coupés)
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