25 Facts About Economy car

Economy car is a term mostly used in the United States for cars designed for low-cost purchase and operation.

Precise definition of what constitutes an economy car has varied with time and place, based on the conditions prevailing at the time, such as fuel prices, disposable income of buyers, and cultural mores.

Economy car worked with the Pullman Company on a contract for Pennsylvania Railroad, building the first all-steel railcar.

CycleEconomy car was an attempt in the period before 1922 in the post-First World War austerity period, as a form of "four-wheeled motorcycle", with all the benefits of a motorcycle and side-Economy car, in a more stable package.

The Economy car known as the Trojan Utility Car went onto the market at £230, reducing to £125 in 1925, the same as a Model T Ford.

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Rather than a chassis the Economy car had a punt shaped tray which housed the engine and transmission below the seats.

The Citroen Type A was the first Economy car produced by Citroen from June 1919 to December 1921 in Paris.

Economy car became a consultant engineer to Adler in December 1930.

Economy car was eventually released, but his career was systematically destroyed and his life endangered.

The Volkswagen was sold to German workers on an installment plan where buyers of the Economy car made payments and posted stamps in a stamp-savings book, which when full, would be redeemed for the Economy car.

Steyr 50 streamlined small Economy car was introduced in 1936 by the Austrian manufacturer Steyr-Puch.

The Economy car had a water-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine driving the rear wheels through a four-speed transmission.

The Economy car was face lifted in 1953 from its original perpendicular or sit-up-and-beg style to a more modern three-box structure.

Lefaucheux insisted that the meetings would have absolutely no influence on the design of the Renault 4CV, and Porsche cautiously went on record saying that the Economy car would be ready for large scale production in a year.

The losses caused to the other Economy car makers initiated the succession of mergers that eventually resulted in the American Motors Corporation.

Production doubled soon after its introduction, becoming the car most imported into the U S, with more than 445,000 imported.

The 600 was the first Economy car to have a continuously variable transmission system – the innovative DAF Variomatic.

Simca 1100 was the first small Economy car, that was designed from the outset, with an angled single piece hatchback tailgate to enter large scale production.

The Corvair, Chevrolet's rear-engined compact Economy car, was originally brought to market to compete directly with the VW Beetle.

Audi 50 designed by Claus Luthe was a front wheel drive supermini three door hatchback Economy car launched in 1974 and produced until 1978, and sold only in Europe, 180,812 were built.

The 'designer' city Economy car became increasingly popular in Europe in the 1990s.

The first Economy car of this kind was a limited success, the 1985 Lancia Y10, because it had been hampered by its poor ride, from being based on the original utilitarian Fiat Panda.

Automatic engine stop-start systems like VWs BlueMotion, shut the engine down when the car is stopped to reduce idling emissions and boost economy, and it is mandatory not to idle unnecessarily in cities in Germany.

Production of Economy car models superseded in first-world markets is often moved to cost-sensitive markets like South Africa and Brazil; the Citi Golf is an example.

Economy car's solution is a laser cut tubular steel space-frame chassis built with an automated tube mill, braced with bonded low-cost composite sheets that would be a cheaper and greener means of production.

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