The rise of large cars has never had anything to do with safety or more storage space or anything even remotely like any of that.
Emission standards are based on size and weight. So instead of giving a fuck about environmental damage they just started making everything bigger. And since Americans are especially susceptible to “BIG TRUCK MAKE ME FEEL LIKE BIG BOY” it’s most prevalent there.
For a car under 900kg of total weight, it is a lot of power. It would fishtail like an angry beast, burn rubber at a slip of the foot and make you crap yourself if you felt like pushing it a bit over the safety zone.
It was a defining car: you could buy it but it wasn’t guaranteed you’d own it.
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The rise of large cars has never had anything to do with safety or more storage space or anything even remotely like any of that.
Emission standards are based on size and weight. So instead of giving a fuck about environmental damage they just started making everything bigger. And since Americans are especially susceptible to “BIG TRUCK MAKE ME FEEL LIKE BIG BOY” it’s most prevalent there.
this little car came out of the assembly line with 120hp.
For a car under 900kg of total weight, it is a lot of power. It would fishtail like an angry beast, burn rubber at a slip of the foot and make you crap yourself if you felt like pushing it a bit over the safety zone.
It was a defining car: you could buy it but it wasn’t guaranteed you’d own it.