Classics dwarfed by moderns

[MarshPhantom]

[fausTVR]

Just wow! I know perspective comes into it, but they are now on different scales to each other. That Ovlov used to be a whopping big car.

[lukeharding]

How about this?

[robemcdonald]

MarshPhantom said:

The Volvo is over a metre longer and both wider and higher than the mini.

It's just further away.....

[Miglia 888]

robemcdonald said:

MarshPhantom said:

The Volvo is over a metre longer and both wider and higher than the mini.
It's just further away.....

Indeed, and yet the 3.7m long MINI (still 20cm shorter than a 1960's Ford Anglia) has significantly better crash survivability than the 4.8m long Volvo estate...

[MarshPhantom]

robemcdonald said:

MarshPhantom said:

The Volvo is over a metre longer and both wider and higher than the mini.

It's just further away.....

If what you say is true I wouldn't have taken the picture.

The Volvo may be longer but that isn't really point of thread is it, the Volvo used to be a large car and the Mini wasn't. It's not as though the Volvo is parked half a mile down the road.

Edited by MarshPhantom on Sunday 7th May 03:13

[robemcdonald]

MarshPhantom said:

robemcdonald said:

MarshPhantom said:

The Volvo is over a metre longer and both wider and higher than the mini.

It's just further away.....

If what you say is true I wouldn't have taken the picture.

The Volvo may be longer but that isn't really point of thread is it, the Volvo used to be a large car and the Mini wasn't. It's not as though the Volvo is parked half a mile down the road.

Edited by MarshPhantom on Sunday 7th May 03:13

Think the best pictures on this thread are the ones that show the classic in the foreground as this really demonstrates the size difference.
In this picture the Volvo isn't half a mile down the road, but perspective plays a major role. Look at the two minis. The yellow one looks larger than the grey one, but they are the same model.

Correction the grey one is a newer slightly larger one.

[dinkel]

[Hub]

Er, does this count?

[Nik da Greek]

Am I doing this right?

[300bhp/ton]

Not really a 'modern', but certainly an older smaller car, although there is another "larger" classic making it's way into the right of the photo too.

[lowdrag]

In the same theme, showing the old Ecurie Ecosse transporter next to a new one.


Ecurie Ecosse and modern transporter by Tony Brown, on Flickr

[a]

robemcdonald said:

MarshPhantom said:

The Volvo is over a metre longer and both wider and higher than the mini.

It's just further away.....

Look at the tiny little Astra! Cuuute!! I bet you could fit it in the MINI's boot.

[FlaminiaGT]

Everything is just bigger apart from the number plate.

[Simes205]

IMG_3679 by Simon, on Flickr


Mine.

[fluoxetine]

[a8hex]

those "minis" dwarf SWMBO's modern Merc estate. I think something about the word mini got lost in translation.

[Captain Smerc]

[Rob Dicky]

fluoxetine said:

Almost a black and white photo!

[gforceg]

fluoxetine said:

I'm slightly more surprised to see that Citroen at all than by its size.

A quick look at your garage details suggests it might be your car. Very smart looking!

Edited by gforceg on Saturday 22 July 08:31