1.   According to the Specialty Equipment Market Association, a California-based industry group, the sport compact segment is the fastest growing niche in the automotive after-market business.

2.   But it was a compact segment, far shorter than it would have been before the attacks.

3.   But the company also refers to the Dakota as a compact in ads comparing it with the Frontier and others in the compact segment.

4.   The Alero represents a fairly good deal in the compact segment.

5.   The new SUVs, especially from GM, have transformed what was once the compact SUV segment into a new range of vehicles called midsize.

6.   Theoretically, the Alero replaces the Achieva, a sales underachiever, in the compact segment.