Mini, 65 years to get 23% wider, but it's better if we hide it
Mini, 65 years to get 23% wider, but it's better if we hide it
This internet ad states "on a 65 year journey, together. It's time to celebrate" and the added line states "with a deceive"
The same ad below shows the real proportion of the 2 cars
crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113117293560455785
One where the crumple zone is you, the other is actually safe...
Anyone who has ever driven a original mini knows that they are absolute death traps. I had a smart car for years tho and they are actually pretty save.
They're honestly minuscule, even compared to a Honda Fit...
I see people complaining about the death of small cars and yet Canada, which is 10% of the US market, was buying enough of them that manufacturers kept selling them even when they were discontinued in the US... So maybe people just weren't buying them in the US even when they were offered, right?
Drive in one a lot as a kid. It was basically like driving in a can.
Two modern small-ish cars:
- VW up! - 3 stars Euro NCAP - no more produced :(
- Fiat 500 - 3 stars Euro NCAP - but the details are worse than up!
You will likely survive.
They have mini crossovers
as well as fiat 500 crossovers
I don't get why people think they're buying an iconic vehicle it's just a generic cross-over for gullible people
Bigger car for bigger ego, it's always the same thing.
Fiat Panda, nothing new about it
And this is actually a problem in Italy, where a lot of villages have very narrow streets, which make it impossible to fit through it with a wide car.
I own one of those, and two things come to mind. They grew after BMW bought the company, so most of that growth was after that, specifically 3rd Gen. Not too upset, since it also improved build quality and efficiency, but yeah. Second, it's still the smallest car available in my area, save for a Fiat or smart car, but that's more an American problem. Having visited family in Japan, I know what we're missing out on.
Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not exactly happy about cars getting bigger and bigger. It's straight up dangerous where I am due to lack of visibility. There's a Hummer that keeps parking in the red right outside my complex' driveway, and one of these days someones gonna kill someone pulling out.
They grew after BMW bought the company, so most of that growth was after that, specifically 3rd Gen.
The point of the post is not much that cars grew, they have always been doing so.
The main point is that the growth in dimension happen, but manufacturers don't want to highlight it, and in the ad the old and the new Minis look like they are roughly the same size.
Not a car person but the growth does seem to be beyond simple crumple zones, The minis where I live are closer in size to a small 4x4 than they are to a typical sedan.
The drivers got wider as well in that time.
And...
"Back then, sonny, we drivers were the crumple zone."