Classics dwarfed by moderns

[Ambleton]

WonkeyDonkey said:

ajprice said:

BMW E30 3 Series and a new X7. Grilles swapped for scale. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByajkktgvsA/?igshid=1f...

That X7 must be one of the most vile looking cars I've ever seen. What on earth were they thinking?!

The X7 shares it's platform with the new Rolls Royce inen

[RichB]

Ambleton said:

WonkeyDonkey said:

ajprice said:

BMW E30 3 Series and a new X7. Grilles swapped for scale. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByajkktgvsA/?igshid=1f...

That X7 must be one of the most vile looking cars I've ever seen. What on earth were they thinking?!

The X7 shares it's platform with the new Rolls Royce inen

fk me, it's over 7'3" wide across the mirrors, and let's face it, that the width of the thing when it's bowling towards you down a country road!

[Lily the Pink]

Ambleton said:

The X7 shares it's platform with the new Rolls Royce inen

That settles it then. I'll not be getting either of them.

[300bhp/ton]

GTRene said:

last week I was at the BMW dealer, parked the car there next to a 'mini' ...and my car isn't even lowered :-)
I just had to make some pictures.

An AWD SUV and a 2 seat sports coupe????

[ajprice]

300bhp/ton said:

An AWD SUV and a 2 seat sports coupe????

It's comparing cars to what they're traditionally known for and what the brand is meant to be. Like a Mini being a small car and much smaller than a great big Range Rover ...

[Stu08]

WonkeyDonkey said:

ajprice said:

BMW E30 3 Series and a new X7. Grilles swapped for scale. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByajkktgvsA/?igshid=1f...

That X7 must be one of the most vile looking cars I've ever seen. What on earth were they thinking?!

I think it was someone on here who said - Only BMW can make their latest car look like a Chinese copy of itself!

[Woody.GTJ]

I know its not a fair comparison but....

[Steff1965]

[Yertis]

OK this is a bit more of a fair comparison - a newish Polo and a 205GTi:

[Gojira]

No pics, but definitely related....

Went for a drive to the seaside in the Land of the Rising Sheep yesterday, with SWMBO in my XE.

Some of the roads I used to drive round regularly in the '80s in a clapped out Maxi, and I'm sure the roads were much wider then!

[Ambleton]

It's funny, I rip around some really tight little local lanes in my Pembleton with it's 4ft track and barely let off the throttle stop when there's another car coming. You can see both front wheels and place the car perfectly.

Yet in my big modern volvo it's (at best) slow/stop and let the other car crawl past, and at worst reverse or wait in a passing place.

[Gojira]

So I had a look at some dimensions, and the XE is over 400mm wider than the Maxi, or nearly a foot and a half in old money

(looks some more) - apparently the XE is a foot wider than an early '70s XJ6, and I'm sure when I was a kid they were huge

So if there is something else of a similar size coming the other way, that's the best part of three feet less spare road to play with...

And it explains why car park spaces are getting narrower - it isn't down to me eating all the pies after all!

[GT6M]

GT next to 2 small moderns



GT next to an early Spit



GT next to a small Vauxhall

[GTRene]

great look that GT, nice rear

[TR4man]

GTRene said:

great look that GT, nice rear

+1

It does look lovely.

[evil len]

My Scirocco ...

[GT6M]

GT Rene, TR4, grazie for kind words

[andyps]

I'm sure the E-Type used to be a big car!

[ess]

XJ is not a small car, but looks svelte in comparison.
Maybe a camera angle thang going on with the Merc parked slightly further forward.

S

[ess]

When did cars start getting so fat ?
Is it a reflection of our 'powerfully built' populace ?

S