My segmentation

Passenger Cars

These are the classic cars that can be as small as the city-cars, A segment, or as a big as the luxury sedans, F-Segment. They are categorized in 6 sub-segments:

• A-Segment: city-cars or those minicars with length up to 3,80 m. Normally they are 3 or 5 doors. This kind of cars are very popular in Japan, India, Europe and Brazil. Example: Fiat 500 or Renault Twingo, Honda Life, Suzuki Alto.
• B-Segment: sub-compact cars or small cars. Those with length between 3,80 m and 4,25 m circa. They can be configured in 3 doors, 5 doors (very popular in Europe, Brazil and India), sedan (very popular in Brazil and Russia) or SW. Example: Fiat Punto, Renault Clio, Lada Granta, Skoda Rapid.
• C-Segment: the so-called compact cars or those with length that goes from 4,25 up to 4,60 more or less. It’s possible to find them with 3 doors, 5 doors (the most popular in Europe), sedan (the most popular in China and USA) and SW. Example: VW Golf or Renault Megane, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic.
• D-Segment: the mid-size sedans or SW. Their length is between 4,60 m and 4,80 m and they are configured as 4-door sedans (very popular in USA, China and Europe) or SW (very popular in Italy and Northern Europe). Example: BMW 3-Series or Peugeot 508, Nissan Altima, Hyundai Sonata.
• E-Segment: the large sedans or SW. They are even larger than the mid-size (4,80 – 5 m length). Most of them are Germans and belong to the “Premium” category. They are popular in USA. Example: BMW 5-Series or Audi A6, Ford Taurus, Chrysler 300.
• F-Segment: the luxury sedans. These are the most luxury cars available in the market with length higher than 5 meters. They include the regular offer (Mercedes S-Class, Audi A8, BMW 7-Series), the sporty ones (Maserati Quattroporte, Porsche Panamera) and the ultra-luxury (Bentley Mulsanne, Rolls-Royce Phantom).

SUVs

SUVs: Sport Utility Vehicles. These are the taller cars that may use a 4×4 or 4×2 transmission. This segment includes also the crossovers (a mix between a passenger car and a SUV). They can be divided into 4 main sub-segments:

• B-SUV: as it happens to the minivans, a lot of car makers have also developed SUVs based on their passenger cars. The small SUVs or B-SUVs are those coming from the B-Segment. Most of the times, they don’t have a 4×4 transmission but they are just taller sub-compact cars. Example: Peugeot 2008 (which at the end is a taller Peugeot 208), Renault Captur (a taller Renault Clio). This is one of the fastest growing segments in the world. They are very popular in Europe and are becoming very popular in Brazil, USA, India. Example: Fiat 500X, Jeep Renegade, Mini Countryman, Ford Ecosport.
• C-SUV: these are the compact SUVs, and in many cases they share a lot of the structure with the C-Segment passenger cars. You can find them with or without 4×4 transmission. Example: Nissan Qashqai, VW Tiguan, Audi Q3. They are very popular in USA, Europe and China.
• D-SUV: these are the SUVs with length between 4,60 and 4,80 m. In many cases they are powered by big engines and a 4×4 transmission. Example: Jeep Cherokee, Audi Q5, Hyundai Santa Fe. Popular in USA.
• E-SUV: all SUVs larger than 4,80m. They include Premium and ultra-luxury. There are many types: the regular ones, such as the Mitsubishi Montero, Ssangyong Rexton, Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee; the luxury ones, such as the Toyota Land Cruiser 100, Nissan Patrol; the premium: Land Rover Range Rover, BMW X5 or Volvo XC90; the extra-large E-SUVs: Ford Expedition, GMC Yukon. Very popular in USA and the Middle East.

MPVs

They are the Multi-Proposed-Vehicles or Minivans. They can be divided into 3 sub-segments according to their size:

• C-Sport: these are extremely rare and are composed by small sporty cars such as the Mazda MX-5, the coming Fiat 124 Spider and the Lotus Elise. Not really popular.
• D-Sport: the segment includes the mid-size sporty cars such as the Audi TT, BMW Z4, Alfa Romeo 4C in Europe, the Chevrolet Camaro or Ford Mustang in USA, or the Nissan 370Z and Toyota GT86 in Japan. The are no clear dimensions (length) for this kind of cars. They are popular in USA.
• E-Sport: they include the supercars or those big sporty cars with very high prices. Example: the Porsche 911, all the Ferraris, Maserati GranTurismo, Aston Martin Vantage, Jaguar XK, Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper, Nissan GT-R, Bentley Continental.

LCVs