Classics dwarfed by moderns
Discussion
Cold Fusion said:
The biggest problem I have found is that the car park spaces are only big enough for a 1959 Mini.
absolutely. architects still seem to be using the 1955 "Big Book of How to do Architecting for Car Parks" when designing them. I have parked our 2016 Golf in some spaces, and the car (by no means a 'large' car by 2016 standards) literally spans the entire width between the lines.I'm sure this has been said before, but most of these pictures are screwed to lend credence to the story. Deliberately or unintentionally. Yes cars are bigger now, but mostly all I see is circumstance. Nearly every picture shows the 'smaller' car behind the bigger one by some degree. Nearly every picture is distored by lenses that very often skew perspective, foreshortening it in the cases where the bigger car is behind.
There is even a picture of a TVR and a Mini, in which the TVR is very obviously much longer than the 'estate' with which it aims to compare.
I am not arguing that modern cars are not bigger. This is indisputable, but I take issue with many pictures here. Some of them are even showing cars that are exactly the same size in real life and yet seem disproportionate. Just another case of people finding something to dislike. And I imagine that nearly alll of those who prefer the older, smaller machines, own a newer, bigger one.
There is even a picture of a TVR and a Mini, in which the TVR is very obviously much longer than the 'estate' with which it aims to compare.
I am not arguing that modern cars are not bigger. This is indisputable, but I take issue with many pictures here. Some of them are even showing cars that are exactly the same size in real life and yet seem disproportionate. Just another case of people finding something to dislike. And I imagine that nearly alll of those who prefer the older, smaller machines, own a newer, bigger one.
tommy1973s said:
Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These (pointing to plastic cows on table) are very small; those (pointing out of the window) are far away...
lol. Aha yes. Thanks for being gentle 
any more convincing with parallax removed? To me they still look markedly different size. Or shall I just get my coat?
In terms of like for like my old 208 GTi was tiny, compared to the odd 205's I've seen it had grew but not by as much as you'd think - what got me though was when I parked next to a 306 and my car was still larger. In fact, most superminis these days are huge. It's only when i get into a proper city car did I notice it.
Also, here's a ridiculous comparison of an overfinch range rover and my abarth
Also, here's a ridiculous comparison of an overfinch range rover and my abarth
Kenny Powers said:
I'm sure this has been said before, but most of these pictures are screwed to lend credence to the story.
I think interior room would be more interesting, although harder to show visually. The thing is, it can be done well these days. Take something like the VW Up, arguably what the MINI should have been, there is hardly a mm of wasted space inside and as a result it feels far bigger inside than it has any right to be.
sawman said:
dlockhart said:
If you compare the lotus 7 with jags of the day you will see similar size issues
I parked my morgan 4/4 next to a lotus7 once and was shocked how the lotus was dwarfed, so i think its just that they really are that small
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