econobox

The interior is a cut above that of a typical econobox.

Or to look at it another way, there are televisions that cost more than this econobox.

The result was a small, slow car whose "econobox" roots were obvious.

It also handles better than your basic econobox and has scored well in crash tests.

Still, it is more fun to drive than the average econobox, especially with the five-speed manual transmission.

It is hard to relate even the first of those figures to a car that is essentially an econobox.

But for all the nice touches and the somewhat pricey tag, the car feels like an econobox.

A Japanese econobox in the novel is named the Bitosushi.

In truth, exotic machinery can be cantankerous, with comforts that fall short of the average Japanese econobox.

Its roomier econobox sibling, the Rabbit, also introduced in 1975, was cheaper at $3,300.

In another era, he might be pitied for parking one of his luxury cars to drive around in an econobox.

"It was positioned as an econobox," Mr. Stewart said.

She can get a solid yank off even the lightest, trashiest plastic-and-aluminum Chinese econobox.

He thinks of them as efficiency cars as against "cheap" econobox minicars.

The 240Z also broadened the image of Japanese car-makers beyond their econobox success.

"You can get in a cheap little econobox car that's pretty noisy; flick the switch and it gets far quieter, much smoother sounding," he said.

Compared with some lumbering Dell econobox, it's underpowered, underequipped and overpriced.

What sets a luxury car apart from the econobox is also the way it is put together, what automobile devotees call good fit.

It was a rear-wheel-drive car and a front-driver, a full-size car and a compact econobox.

Soon after, John Cooper's transformation of this simple econobox into a rally-racing world champion made the Mini an international phenomenon.

Inside, the Elantra is all gray cloth and vinyl, and you are not likely to forget that this is an econobox.

With Toyota's latest entry, the fun actually is on the outside, and the sleek and brightly painted body wraps a core that is strictly econobox.

Heated seats, usually an amenity associated with plush luxury cars, can be installed in plug-in form in the most humble econobox.

The result was the "econobox" patterned after Giorgio Giugiaro's Volkswagen Rabbit.