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It fits in the space, so it must be a compact.
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E92: 181x70.2x54.9"
FB Civic Coupe: 176.1x69.1x55.0"
It’s barely bigger than a Civic coupe of similar vintage. It’s a compact.
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I see nothing wrong here
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Compact Jeep
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Joop.
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So park another one next to it, then. Who needs to open doors, anyway?
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That’s what the sunroof is for.
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Joopact
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I’m not sure of whether I didn’t know the 3 was that small or the Civic is that big.
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subcompact according to the EPA
![]() 08/27/2017 at 14:11 |
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Very European.
![]() 08/27/2017 at 14:44 |
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The EPA does define the 3-series as a compact car
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They also say my M3 gets 20 mpg on the highway. I’m not sure I trust them to judge the size of the 3.
![]() 08/27/2017 at 14:48 |
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apparently they do it by interior volume + cargo volume. I mean as measurements for the size of a car go, that’s about as good as any. And oddly their mpg estimates for my car are actually easy to beat.
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Probably the later. Civics have been getting bigger and heavier since forever.
Hence why James May said “The Fit is what the Civic was.”
![]() 08/27/2017 at 16:04 |
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At this point, anything smaller than an F-150 is considered a compact. I fit my 2000 540it into the “compact” spots super easily.
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I think the new F150 is bigger than the 2007 F350 I had as a work truck.
![]() 09/01/2017 at 07:34 |
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I think maybe since you owned a 1-series for a while you didn’t realize the 3 was that small. Really up until the F30, the 3-series has a compact car all along. Just like the C-class, the styling and premium features make it punch above it’s class a little bit, but really they’ve always been similar in size to a Civic/Corolla/Focus/Elantra etc. of similar vintage.