[RedDevil]

Would be tough to reverse-park that Mini towards the other Mini, as you would not be able to see it!

But these graphs don't exactly show the growth of cars per se. Just the inflation of cars bearing a certain type name.

I had an '85 Civic. When I got a lift in an older Civic that was a completely different car.
Then I got aboard an '82 Accord I recognised a lot from my car.

Honda did not increase the size of the Civic at that time.
They downsized (and seriously restyled) the Accord and rebadged it Civic.

Volkswagen's Golf used to be their smallest car just as the Beetle it replaced.
Then they introduced the Polo to have a smaller car.
The current Polo is already a lot bigger than the original Golf, so they introduced even smaller cars like the Lupo, which got replaced by the Brazilian Fox and even smaller Up!.

So as the models grow, smaller ones are introduced to fill the void their growth creates.

Honda's Accord has all but outgrown the Dutch market and is rarely sold. The sub-Civic Jazz (Fit) may be their best seller here. The Legend is long gone and forgotten.