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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Huh. Wikipedia's entry for the 85-89 Accord calls it a compact. I had always thought of it as a mid sized, even though my parents' 89 replaced an 85 Buick Big-Ass wagon and was parked in the driveway next to a 79 Sedan deVille. The last year of that generation, the 89, was the first import to be the best selling car in the US. It was also back when I read Car & Driver- every year of that platform was on their 10 Best list. But I never thought of it as a compact before.
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Wikipedia and Car and Driver are using "Market Classes". They are squishy relative terms that change with times. The automotive equivalent of the vanity sizing that has caused my "34" waist jeans to actually measure 40 inches.
The federal government classifies cars by interior volume and they don't vanity size. The classes have stayed the same for 4 decades. See the chart California 98Civic posted for the class sizes.
Honda Accord - 4 door sedan
2nd Gen (82-85 -- 97 cu ft (Subcompact)
3rd Gen (86-89) - 103 cu ft (Compact)
4th Gen (90-93) - 107 cu ft
5th Gen (94-97) - 107 cu ft
6th Gen (98-02) - 116 cu ft (Midsize)
7th Gen (02-07) - 117 cu ft
8th Gen (08-12) - 120 cu ft (Large)
9th Gen (13-17) - 119 cu ft (Midsize)
10th Gen (18 - ) - 123 cu ft (Large)