People are definitely bigger now, and we have more crap that we like to haul around with us everywhere we go.
I paid a visit to the Indianapolis racing car museum a while back, and saw a lot of vehicles like this
- I'm a relatively in-shape person (6'1" and 185 lbs, willoughby athlete measurements) and there's no way i could shoehorn my butt into one of those seats. I think when I was 10 I might have fit.