Joe Kyriakoza, VP, Marketing Communications & Insights
The compact segment has seen its share of ups and downs in the past few years. When gas prices were above $4 in the summer of 2008, interest in compact vehicles — or anything that consumed less fuel — was thriving and improved sales of these vehicles followed. In fact, Polk recently confirmed that the subcompact category (or "lower small") more than doubled from 2005 to 2008 as a result of sales of vehicles like the Nissan Versa and Honda Fit.