It's not your imagination — cars and trucks just keep getting bigger and bigger. - Via: drivingdotca
You’re not seeing things. Vehicles are indeed getting larger every year — cars have come a long way from the flimsy buggies they were a century-and-a-half ago.
There are a few drawbacks to massive personal vehicles however: they’re hard to park, and often have large engines to carry around the extra weight, which adds to poor fuel economy. The 1972-model-year car was also huge, but bumper regulations introduced in ’73 prompted Chrysler to push the chrome out a few extra inches, solidifying it as the longest sedan ever produced.
Largest Truck: 2020 Ford Super Duty LWB Crew CabThe truck segment is probably the one you’d most expect would see to grow as time goes on. Plus super-duty trucks are also used as tow trucks, which means they have to carry around other vehicles which have also increased in size. Largest Sports Car: 1993-1997 Pontiac FirebirdIn 1974, Ford decided to downsize the Mustang to fall in line with the fuel crisis and the incoming onslaught of compact Japanese vehicles that were giving domestic vehicles a real run for their money. Competitor Pontiac decided it wasn’t going to do that however, and kept the Firebird relatively unchanged until it entered its third generation, when it made it even bigger.
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