that's a good point. I'd be interested in looking at car sales data, or see if someone has done analysis of how car specs evolve over the years... Just an excuse to do more visualisations with R, really! 😄
My feeling, having driven small hatchbacks on narrow roads, is that even those have grown wider with time: every time I changed car it was a few cm larger, even when I remained on a more recent version of the same car.
Probably the difference would be less impressive, however.
That's true. Partly you can blame modern safety requirements (crumplezones, etc), but yes, there is a trend to make smaller cars larger over each new model as people clamour for more room inside.
I went from a Fiat Panda MK1 (3380×1460 mm) to a Citroen C1 MK1 (3435×1468 mm) to a C1 MK2 (3470×1620 mm)… and I smashed a side on the gate posts.
BTW, the inside of the Panda was more roomy because there was almost nothing between interior and exterior: darwininan safety 😄
In an Australian context, the comparison doesn't make sense. The bulk of cars on the roads in the 80's were large family sedans. As wide as current day SUVs. Petrol was cheap, people drove 6 and 8 cyl vehicles. Cycling infrastructure was non-existent. I grew up sharing the roads with semi-trailers and large sedans. In an EU context it might make sense, but I came across the post shared from someone his in Au and answered in that context.
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David de Groot 𓆉
in reply to Rik :blackcat: 🇵🇸 :fckpvv: • • •@stragu a disingenuous comparison, comparing what was a small hatchback with a 4x4.
Small hatchbacks exist today and are more popular than ever. Large family sedans were everywhere in the 80s.
Whitney Loblaw
in reply to David de Groot 𓆉 • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to David de Groot 𓆉 • •My feeling, having driven small hatchbacks on narrow roads, is that even those have grown wider with time: every time I changed car it was a few cm larger, even when I remained on a more recent version of the same car.
Probably the difference would be less impressive, however.
David de Groot 𓆉
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
in reply to David de Groot 𓆉 • • •I went from a Fiat Panda MK1 (3380×1460 mm) to a Citroen C1 MK1 (3435×1468 mm) to a C1 MK2 (3470×1620 mm)… and I smashed a side on the gate posts.
BTW, the inside of the Panda was more roomy because there was almost nothing between interior and exterior: darwininan safety 😄
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua • •rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua likes this.
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •David de Groot 𓆉
Unknown parent • • •Cycling infrastructure was non-existent. I grew up sharing the roads with semi-trailers and large sedans.
In an EU context it might make sense, but I came across the post shared from someone his in Au and answered in that context.