What is the most poorly packaged car you have ever seen? My vote goes to the current Acura TLX and its fake RWD proportions that compromise interior room.
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What is the most poorly packaged car you have ever seen? My vote goes to the current Acura TLX and its fake RWD proportions that compromise interior room.
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I’ve always hated Dodge Challengers, 2 door car and it’s wheelbase is 3 inches longer than a third row seating Honda Pilot. Sitting in one you feel like you’re in a school bus. Such a waste of space both literally from a design perspective and in the insulting way. WW2 bunker on Normandy Beach has less blind spots and probably weighs less too.
As much as I fucking loved my grand Marquis, I was appalled at how small the rear legroom was.
The trunk could fit not just a body, but a whole mausoleum. Why not take a few inches from the rear?
BOF RWD land yachts from the ’70s were some of the worst, at least for how they used their length. The LTD II sedan was a “mid-size” car, 118″ WB and 220″ L, and [this](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CC-364-010.jpg) was the back seat And that’s without any modern safety structures intruding on space. (The full-size LTD with another 3″ of wheelbase was [only marginally better.](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/080823-1977-Ford-LTD-6.jpg)) And unlike in the ’40s and ’50s models, the low rooflines and raked seats forced you into a more reclined position, while the frame and driveshaft robbed vertical space and put your knees in your face. I’ve been more comfortable in the back seat of FWD compact cars with a foot less WB.
On the flip side, the 78-80″ body width and bench seat with no bolstering meant you could fit 4 skinny teenagers on each row.
Lexus LC. What’s even the point of a backseat?
Most EV’s from legacy manufacturers are sloppily packaged. Usually they don’t have frunks because they’ve just slapped the inverter and motor there. The crossovers are weird; in an effort to not look ungainly and tall they’re forced to have wagon-esque interior vertical dimensions with a high floor.
2nd gen Lexus is. No headroom in the front. My 04 jetta felt less cramped. Yes I pressed the seat down button. I’m used to small cars but that Lexus disappointed me because I always liked the IS
For new cars its def tlx, but ever its not even on the list. Old cars were horrible
A lot of luxury crossovers are guilty of this too.
Also Toyota has a knack for making cars that are unexpectedly uncomfortable for tall people. Tacoma is a great example, or the third row in a Sequoia. Or the new Prius.
I’m sure there’s worse out there, but I am still dumbfounded as to how bad interior room is on the current Chevrolet Malibu. I’ve never been in a car that was as big as a Malibu where I can’t comfortably fit in any seat it offers.
My brother’s wife has a Toyota Yaris iA. I fit better in the back seat of that than I do the *front* seats of a current Malibu. THAT is how bad it is.
How is a modern Camaro not the top answer?
Gigantic outside, tiny inside and you can’t see out of it either
Poorly packaged? Fake proportions? What are “fake proportions”?
The jeep compass, specifically 2007-2010
Was hanging with friends and 3 of us were stuffed into the backseat of my brothers verano. Do not put 3 people into the backseat of a verano, unless you hate them
Most Toyota cars aren’t meant for tall people as I have come to understand. I don’t understand why they have to make everything so small especially in the new Prius. I thought that maybe they would have made tons of space in the new Crown too but it’s so cramped.
Also idc what y’all’s think, Mazdas are cramped AF too. Like I’m not that tall (6’5) and I literally can’t find a good driving position even in the CX-90 though ironically I fit perfectly in the Miata.
Historically speaking, the 1958 Buick Limited was torn to shreds by auto magazines at the time for having an extremely long wheel base and literally no room in the backseat or trunk space
Any big American car from the 70s. Giant mule long hoods and trunks. Interiors that weren’t huge