It is a different car-bigger and much,much heavier.
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They are subject to the same epidemic of obesity as human beings and cats. Fed on junk petrol (low fat unleaded, what rubbish) and denied proper exercise by their pusillanimous owners and the vile, snivelling, perverted, sanctimonious, lying hell-bound authorities and their many equally disgusting supporters in the population at large.
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fat is ok
obesity isnt
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Edited by oilrag on 24/03/2009 at 15:24
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Oilrag, thanks for the definitive opinion on vehicle size.
It cannot be bettered!
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So that the manufacturers can introduce a new range of smaller cars every few years.
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I think its deliberate ploy to create a new sub miniature market.
Take for example a Fiesta or a Corsa when they came out.
Quite small cars. Now the Corsa is the same size and weight of an early Astra.
I think the size of these supermini cars was increased to open up a new market (ford ka springs to mind).
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Lud, your posts always raise a smile. Alas, you (we) are a dying breed.
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Getting bigger overall, but not Tardis like at all, no more room inside than the models they replace, look at the silhouette of cars as you follow them, fairly narrow on the roof line, and with a 'love handle' flare widening progressively down the door line, insect like.
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Lud your posts always raise a smile. Alas you (we) are a dying breed.
I know what Pusillanimous means without a look up. The 'dying' breed are still breathing here. Bring back the birch I say. Alf Garnett for P.M.
MD
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Vile, snivelling, perverted, sanctimonious, lying hell-bound authorities ...
Lud, this sounds perilously close to full-blown paranoia. But to revert to topic, each remodel has to be seen to visibly leapfrog the earlier one, or customers might stick with the one they have, or (worse) switch to a different brand. When a maker's 'supermini' gets just too big, a new 'tiny' car has to be invented, like the Lupo. (Though when Peugeot superseded the 205, they replaced it with 106 and 306, smaller and larger). And they all have to get heavier, either because of legislation or to stuff things in like air-con, ABS braking, airbags, ...
Edited by Andrew-T on 24/03/2009 at 18:20
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perilously close to full-blown paranoia.
So, you're in with my enemies are you? You're in good and bad company, because everyone is.
(Sour, hostile smirk)
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