In Europe, some cars may not be long or wide, but may have more height to accommodate tall people or (older) folks that cannot get up out of a low slung vehicle. My first car was a DAF 46 which was a tiny car with 800cc two cylinder air cooled boxer motor, I could lift the combination engine plus transmission out of the car by myself and with a cylinder in each arm, walk it into my shed to work on it... But it was tall. I heard that one of the design specs for the roof was to accommodate an (older) gentleman with a hat. I am 6'3" (190cm) and have no problem being comfortable in almost all European cars, though that means usually adjusting the seat to its lowest position and furthest back. Cor.
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 9:59 PM John Lussmyer via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/20/2025 5:10 PM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: > > Obviously I wasn't there, but I doubt that the CT's designers gave any > > thought at all to making a vehicle that would comply with EU safety regs. > > Yeah, I doubt they would, as it's obviously NOT a market for that vehicle. > > > In France, 2024's best seller was the Renault Clio. It's a B-segment > > supermini. It gets between 39 and 64 mpg, depending on the model. It's > a > > few inches longer than a Mini Cooper. > > Yeah, the one time we rented the biggest car we could get in > Switzerland, so that I (6') and my boss (6'4") could do some sight > seeing - still resulted in us getting a car we could barely get into... > > Nowadays, with my stiffer back, I have trouble getting into a Model 3, > let alone any of the smaller cars. > It's one reason I really LIKE the CyberTruck. I don't hurt myself just > getting in to it. > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250720/f55ddcdc/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
