BMW 3er is not a sedan either; it is a "compact executive", a bit smaller. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice car, and bigger than subcompact, but if you wanted something sedan-sized, pick something else. 5er is sedan-sized (and entirely elsewhere price-wise).

You must be using different terminology from me. It's definitely a sedan in US English, sedan implies form factor rather than specific size.

Anyway it's irrelevant since I was just picking something similarly sized to the Corolla that had been brought up.