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Originally Posted by RedDevil
Due to safety regulations you cannot make a car smaller without adding weight, actually.
The smaller the crumpling zones are, the sturdier they need to be, and the rest of the frame too to withstand the forces those crash zones pass through.
Lighter materials can compensate but then you'd make it more expensive. But most people would only buy a really small car if they can't afford to buy a bigger 'normal sized' one.
Only problem: that car already exists - the Hyundai Ionic.
Which looks more like the 2nd gen Insight than any other car...
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I guess that explains why the Mitsubishi Mirage is sooo heavy and expensive