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'''M-segment''' is the [[Euro Car Segment|European segments for passenger cars]] described as "multi purpose vehicles".<ref name= "EEC Merger Procedure">{{cite paper |language=en |url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m1406_en.pdf |title=REGULATION (EEC) No 4064/89 - MERGER PROCEDURE |publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |website=ec.europa.eu |location=Luxemburg |page=2 |date=17 March 1999 |access-date=2019-03-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite paper |language=en-uk, fr, de |url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/sectors/motor_vehicles/prices/2011_07_full.pdf |title=Car prices within the European Union / Prix des voitures au sein de l'Union européenne / Autopreise in der europäischen Union |publisher=Publications Office of the European Union |website=ec.europa.eu |location=Brussels |date=1 January 2011 |access-date=2019-03-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Impact on the Competitiveness of the European Automotive Industry of Potential FTA with India and ASEAN |website = www.europa.eu |url= http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/projects/report_fta_india_asean_en.pdf |page= 8 |url-status= dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130429040531/http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/projects/report_fta_india_asean_en.pdf |archive-date= 29 April 2013 }}</ref> It covers multi-purpose vehicles, minivans and cargo vans.<ref>{{cite web |title=Car Classes Simplified: The Euro-standard Car Segments |url=https://www.autoindustriya.com/features/car-classes-simplified-the-euro-standard-car-segments.html |website=www.autoIndustriya.com |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en |date=9 March 2016}}</ref> The [[minivan]]s (also called MPVs or passenger vans) often have removable rear seating to provide flexibility for transporting passengers or cargo, while the cargo vans (also called [[light commercial vehicle]]s) are primarily designed for transporting cargo and therefore do not have rear seats.
In the recent past, the M-segment was increasing in volume year over year in Europe; in 2015, it is consolidated as the fourth most popular segment (11.5% of the overall market after [[C-segment]], [[J-segment]] and [[B-segment]]).<ref>{{cite web
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