Definition of "econobox" [econobox]

• A small, unassuming automobile. (noun)

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• "Also, car makers have come a long way in combating the bare-bones "econobox" image that long clung to compact cars."
• "This includes cheap econobox toy cars and full-size RWD police cars."
• "But for that money, you get a car that is as far advanced from the beige 1982 Toyota Starlet I bought new to beat the gas-price crunch of the early 1980s as that quintessential econobox was from a Mercedes-Benz of its day."