Am 23. April 2012 13:05 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> :
> Am 22. April 2012 16:43 schrieb Jason Cunningham <jamicu...@googlemail.com > >: > > But saloon cars are no longer the 'standard' car, in the uk they've more > or > > less been replaced by hatchbacks & 4x4's. If we look at best selling > cars in > > the UK (and I assume Europe) we have to assume car widths (with mirrors) > are > > now just over 2m, which I'd round up to 2.1m. > > > -1, fortunately this isn't true and cars are usually not larger then > 1.8 metres, actually the best selling cars are usually smaller than > that. E.g. have a look here (I didn't check it extensively, but I > guess it is true): > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DeLarge/Top_10_best_selling_cars_in_Britain > Well, I think quite a number of those are more than 2 m wide. I also didn't check extensively, but I am quite sure that the widths given in Wikipedia are usually *without* mirrors. Not to long ago there has been some amount of news coverage in Germany about cars being wider than 2 m including mirrors and for this reason not being allowed on the fast lane in many highway construction zones. A famous example is the current Golf with approx. 2.05 m. So I would also assume car widths above 2 m as a rule of thumb. Michael
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