Jay
the fool on the hill
My new Impreza is actually three inches shorter than my old one, and weighs about the same.
It is a bit taller, though.
It is a bit taller, though.
Similarly:
The 3rd MR2 practically returned to the size of the original AW11 MR2. Although the 7th gen Celica also developed around the same time as the 3rd MR2 also decreased in size, its essentially the smallest of the FWD Celicas. The rest of Toyota's cars however have grown bigger and bigger only a select few of the Japanese Toyotas have grown in smaller increments like the Mark X or barely changed in the case of the Toyota Century.I drive the smallest and lightest MR2, which happens to be the newest one. It might be the only Toyota to go in that direction since....ever.
I drive the smallest and lightest MR2, which happens to be the newest one. It might be the only Toyota to go in that direction since....ever.
Compare the current gen VW Polo ("supermini-class", introduced in March 2009) - it's as big as a Golf III ("compact class") which went out of production only about 10 years before, contrary to the 1st gen Camry which went out of production more than 20 years ago...I still can't get over how massive the current Corolla is. It's about the same size as a 1st generation Camry now.
How I perceive cars from America, starting in the 1920's:
Started off small, then grew larger until the mid 1930's. Cars after WWII were smaller, then grew larger throughout the 1950's. Late 1950's they grew smaller until the mid 1960's, then grew larger until the late 1970's. 1980's they started out smaller then grew larger, shrank a bit when the big 3 went completely FWD in the late 1980's / early 1990's, and have been growing since then to the present. So with this pattern, I am thinking cars will growing smaller in the next five years, or remain the same, but using more efficient designs for interior space.
I think I saw somewhere that the Altima was built on the same platform as the Maxima (supposedly its big sis) for a while. It's a bit lulztastic to see my '02 next to an older one, that's for sure. It'll dwarf it. The new ones seem to have kept the massive size.
I do the same thing. I'll see an A4 and think "You don't see too many A6s around here" before I realize it's an A4.And the most Porsche looking one
Audi did the same thing, I often confuse current gen A4 with A6 because they are almost the same size.
As has been stated safety regs have killed the 2000lb sports car.
How I perceive cars from America, starting in the 1920's:
Started off small, then grew larger until the mid 1930's. Cars after WWII were smaller, then grew larger throughout the 1950's. Late 1950's they grew smaller until the mid 1960's, then grew larger until the late 1970's. 1980's they started out smaller then grew larger, shrank a bit when the big 3 went completely FWD in the late 1980's / early 1990's, and have been growing since then to the present. So with this pattern, I am thinking cars will growing smaller in the next five years, or remain the same, but using more efficient designs for interior space.