Compact sports car

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A compact sports car is a vehicle based on the compact class , which enables high driving performance through special modifications.

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The compact sports car is equipped with engines that are usually not offered in the normal model series on which it is based. A compact sports car always represents a special form of the basic model, suitability for everyday use can be severely restricted in favor of the design and driving performance.

Compact sports cars are mostly not manufactured in large series . They represent a special form of compact class vehicles and are often used by vehicle manufacturers to demonstrate the company's technical capabilities.

Examples of compact sports cars:

The Italian company Abarth has been offering a large number of compact, high-performance cars, many of them Fiat-based , for decades .

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