Has anybody noticed that the coop nowadays looks decidedly compact, some would even say small, compared to the modern metal around. For instance take a look in profile next time you park up in a car park. I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking this
Don't get me wrong I like compact cars What other supposed "small" cars now have the dimensions of the coop?

I always think the same, especially when I see it side on. I seem to recall a few saying it was a heavy car too, at 1320KG's. That's only the same as a modern Mégane! The coop is perfectly proportioned (Wish I was!)

Mini
Polo
All massive

Fiat Coupe
Length 4.25m
Width 1.77m
Weight:
1.31 tonnes 20vt
1.27 tonnes 20v
1.?? tonnes 16v/vt

New Golf-R: 2.0 TSI
Length 4.21m
Width 1.78m
Weight 2.10 1.54 tonnes

Friends car 928 lower roof line, but more ground clearance and longer than the coupe.
Newer cars have become larger in general.

Larger of Lardier
All that "safty kit" they now HAVE to have!

I agree, nice and compact and free from electronic nannying.

Question in my mind is if the new Subaru/Toyota coupe has been kept down to Fiat coupe size or looks like "bloatware"

I always found it quite a big car and others commented that it was too? When I got my first coupe, people used to say stunning car but isnt it a bit big though for a young, single lad? nahhh.....:)

More than one person has asked me when I got the "little" Fiat. It's big enough inside, which is where it matters.

Modern cars are ridiculously flabby. Take the example of a year or so ago when I was at a barbeque and parked between my friend's vauxhall corsa and my other friend's honda civic. I was in a 1998 mondeo hatchback. The mondeo, despite being the most spacious inside, looked smaller than either of the "little" cars.

My 2008 Bravo is bigger than the coupe in height and - particularly - width, though it's the same length. It feels massive inside, though.

My car park at work is full of Mercedes c/e classes and makes mine look tiny. Sometimes I can't even see it in the car park as it is so much lower and smaller than everything else.

I know they're lardy, but if they've really become that heavy I'll trade in my sante fe for towing the caravan. the Santa fe is c.1800 - so not sure how the golf can be that much?

That's incorrect, it's around 1500KG's I think. The new M5 isn't that heavy!

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Alternative spec. - 5th Gear

I did think at the time it was pretty heavy, but you trust what you read, sometimes

That's gross weight. Kerb weight's the one to be looking at

Gross Weight 2010 kg
Kerb Weight 1521 kg

Still a lardy beast, though...

Cars have got fatter but parking spaces have remained the same size.

I never park my car at Tesco's