Market Insight: Crunch time for small cars

-PASSENGER cars have copped a lot of bad press over the past 12 months or so, blamed for dragging down the softening new-vehicle market, and this year will be an important indicator of the sector’s health as one of the nation’s biggest segments – small cars – ushers in a host of new models.

-Among the top-five best-selling vehicles across all categories, the Mazda3 enters a fourth generation around June and Toyota will bolster its new-generation Corolla range with a sedan body style in the final quarter as the hatchback is now kicking off its first full year of trading after the Gen XII model was launched last August.

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