Model Bloat

"Enginerrrrrrrrr" (Enginerrrrrrrrr) 08/22/2014 at 18:51 • Filed to: None

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A friend had her Fiesta parked in front of my Accord. Couldn't help but notice how similar in size the cars are. Isn't the fiesta a sub-compact? Yeah the accord is a bit longer....but not by much.

WAT

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 18:54

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Regulations bro.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 18:54

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Model Bloat is the reason why I thought the Chevy Cruze was a Mid-Size Sedan at first

Brian Silvestro > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 18:54

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The Fiesta sedan is a satan spawn. Pay no attention to it.

Takuro Spirit > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 18:55

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Taller and narrower, yah, but the Fiesta sedan has a bubble butt.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 18:55

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I'm sure the newer one (read:2013+) is larger.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 08/22/2014 at 18:56

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It's not much bigger than my brother's Jetta, which is baffling.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 08/22/2014 at 18:57

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Have you ever been inside one?

jariten1781 > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 18:57

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A new Focus hatch is wider and taller than a 10 year old Mazda 6 wagon.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 08/22/2014 at 18:59

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yup. don't remember well, because it was brief, and I was looking for the hood release.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 08/22/2014 at 19:00

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Its very cramped, what is surprising is that its more cramped in the front seat than the back seat because of that damn center console

Vimto > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 19:13

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The Fiesta is 15 inches shorter, several inches narrower, and weighs nearly 1,000 pounds less. Doesn't seem bloated to me.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Vimto 08/22/2014 at 19:55

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Than a current accord? Or the one in the picture?

Yeah the length is pretty close to what you describe (my trunk is enormous...probably why), but no on the other specs. Either way mine is a full-size family car and the fiesta...is not...

Enginerrrrrrrrr > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 08/22/2014 at 19:57

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Oh it's enormous.

ly2v8-Brian > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 08/22/2014 at 19:58

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Jetta is a compact. Passat is the midsize.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 19:59

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I've seen them

ly2v8-Brian > Brian Silvestro 08/22/2014 at 20:00

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Exactly. Look away folks nothing to see here.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/22/2014 at 20:01

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Fiat 500L bro is (amazingly) smaller

ly2v8-Brian > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 20:02

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Cars nowadays have to be steel safety bubbles.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > ly2v8-Brian 08/22/2014 at 20:04

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Yeah that drives it, but the automakers need to stop being lazy and develop non-bulbous designs that meet the safety standards.

It can be done.

ly2v8-Brian > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 20:19

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That's what average people want. They want it because diving is sooo scary or some dumb crap like that.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > ly2v8-Brian 08/22/2014 at 20:24

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Exactly... if people weren't such shitty drivers it wouldn't matter!

Vimto > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/22/2014 at 20:36

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Your Accord. I was off on the weight. The Fiesta weighs 2400 lbs and the accord weighs just under 3000. But according to Wikipedia, my most trusted of sources, the Fiesta is in fact over a foot shorter and 3 inches narrower. The Fiesta is significantly smaller than the Accord, and, yes it's two size classes down, but it's a much newer car that's supposedly being choked by "model bloat". A Focus would still be smaller than that Accord even though people say that today's compacts are as big as yesterday's midsizers.

ranwhenparked > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/23/2014 at 10:45

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Accord:

Wheelbase: 106.9 inches

Length: 188.9 inches

Fiesta Sedan:

Wheelbase: 98 inches

Length: 173.6 inches

So, the Accord is still a good 15 inches longer, but that still seems way too close, given that there is supposed to be a whole other size of car fitting in between the two.

Tetrisaurus > Enginerrrrrrrrr 08/23/2014 at 12:23

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That isn't a real Fiesta, where's the hatchback? :P