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Old 10-20-2012, 05:28 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
To be fair, the A-Class is bigger and longer. Too bad designers are constrained in these smaller cars by the need for rear headroom and cargo space... but likely more constrained by the need to have them look like cars.
The Spark is a full TEN inches taller than a CRX, yet headroom is less than 2 1/2 " more.( 37 versus 39.4 in headroom )( 50.1 "versus 61.1 " height )
Even a new Camry is shorter at 57.9 " tall

A 5th generation Civic has a mere inch less headroom, but again the Spark is right at 10" taller.

Also the car is actually 4" skinnier than the 5th generation Civic.

( 66.9 Civic 62.90 Spark. )

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