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Old 10-20-2012, 05:09 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
This would be such an easy problem to solve, too. Just make the car longer and lower, so that people wouldn't have to sit in uncomfortable bolt-upright positions, and so high that it feels like you're balancing on a barstool with wheels. Compare e.g. the Honda CRX...
Compact cars are generally compact for a reason- to fit in tight places where space is at a premium. You start lengthening a compact car and it becomes a midsize. In most of America it doesn't matter at all, but in Europe and Asia you sometimes need to build to a certain size.
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