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Compact Car Hire in Spain- A Small Car at the Best Deal
Compact car hire in Spain is very popular today with the prices of fuel constantly rising, it is more economic than the average large car. Compact cars are suitable for the young driver as they are cheaper to hire, the insurance is also cheaper.
Compact cars in Spain should be your first choice if you are looking for value for money. Compact hire cars should provide between thirty and fifty miles per gallon of fuel. Compact cars originated from Canada and on the continent they were known as the family car and they were first produced after the Second World War however they did not really become very popular until the 1960s.
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Compact car hire in Spain is for the driver who is looking or a car which is easy to manoeuver into small spaces and simple to drive. Compact car in Spain are available to hire in a wide range of models at a very affordable price, they are also perfect for a holiday rental car in Spain as they are fuel efficient and most of the models are extremely reliable.
Compact cars came a long way, back in 1959 with the Mini was unveiled and created by Alec Insignosis who also had success with the Morris Minor. Compact cars were very much in demand in the 50’s because of the fuel crisis with the troubles in the Suez Canal, BMC employed Alec Insignosis to design a smaller car to replace the old Austin Cambridge. The bosses at BMC wanted a proper and family size compact car, not only to be economical to run but also to have four seats.
One of Insignosis ideas was t o use the smallest wheels possible just 10 inches in diameter which were made by Dunlop, and so the mini was launched with great popular success. It proved to be the best selling compact car of all time. Compact cars from France included the Citroen C2V and the Renault Dauphine, which were the closet cars to the popular Mini at that time. Also very popular in France was the Deux Cheraux, a cheap and but also very basic car.
The Japanese car makers launched the Daewood Matiz and the Nissan Micra to reach the compact car market, they were both very reliable and economical. In the 1990’s Mercedes Benz launched the A Class, which was a dramatic shift from their normal luxury cars produced by Mercedes.
Ford introduced a great choice of compact car for hire for example the Ford Anglia 105e which had an advantage over the compact mini as it had a top speed of 75 mph. Also the Mini had a great rival compact car in the Triumph Herald which was quite a sporty model and was also available as a convertible, the first compact car with a soft top.
At this time neither of the two major groups Rootes or Vauxhall had a really small compact car. Porsche was building small really viable alternatives and the best selling was the Volkswagon Beetle, which reached speeds of up to 68 miles per hour, which was really impressive at this time. The Fiat Nuova 500 was a much smaller compact car and designed Dante Giasco but whilst it was a great looking compact car, it only reached a top speed of 53 miles per hour. However in spite of this top speed it still achieved of 3,500,000 sales.
Austin produced one of the best and popular compact cars in the Metropolitan, it was a scaled down version of the 1950s Packard but it was designed and produced for the American Market. Then Ford stole their thunder and produced one of the most popular compact cars ever, the Ford Fiesta and more latterly in response to another oil crisis the Ford Ka.
There is huge variety of compact cars to choose from when hiring a compact car in Spain. |
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