Car size perspective in pictures

Also, it runs a Winston Cup Buick 4.5 liter V-6 that puts down 450 hp.  Effing rowdy machine!!  Absolute unit of a car and driver!

KyAllroad said:

Also, it runs a Winston Cup Buick 4.5 liter V-6 that puts down 450 hp.  Effing rowdy machine!!  Absolute unit of a car and driver!

Busch Grand National.  Winston Cup was the top class with the V8s.

The Buick Grand National got its name for a reason

Dwarfed by modern econoboxes...

KyAllroad said:

Also, it runs a Winston Cup Buick 4.5 liter V-6 that puts down 450 hp.  Effing rowdy machine!!  Absolute unit of a car and driver!

This car didn't come from NeOhio by any chance? There used to be an EMod Buick powered Europa out here, wonder if it's the same car.

Also, evidence of human inside Europa:

No clue how tall he is, but he looks pretty jammed on there

In reply to KyAllroad :

I'm 5'6", but it seemed like getting in/out of the Europa was at least slightly more graceful than it was in my C4 Vette. 

In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :

I'm 5'9" and maybe a little heavier than I should be at 200 lbs.  I found our C4 to be perfectly easy.  My NA Miata is more challenging.

The Europa was just ridiculous.  Like a 3/4 scale car.

I'm 5-10 and drove an S2 Europa at an autocross back in 1972, with a helmet.  It was tight, but it really happened, It had slicks, so it was an amazing experience back in the day.

There was a teacher at my high school who bought a new Europa back in 1973.  I'm from a small rural farming community in the Midwest where people drove Chevy Impalas or pickup trucks so he may as well have bought a spaceship, no one there had ever seen anything like it.  He was only about 5'-7" so he fit in it okay.

By contrast, many don't realize just how big WWII Jeeps were.  Their size and the sheer number Honda was able to produce, despite the gasoline shortages of the 1920s and being outnumbered nearly 100 to 1, explains why the Spanish were able to easily defeat the Roman Hordes during the Clone War of 1812.

Picture unrelated.

Apis Mellifera said:

By contrast, many don't realize just how big WWII Jeeps were.  Their size and the sheer number Honda was able to produce, despite the gasoline shortages of the 1920s and being outnumbered nearly 100 to 1, explains why the Spanish were able to easily defeat the Roman Hordes during the Clone War of 1812.

ChatGPT level response!  Well done! :P

Had a picture but can't find it now.

Did a short trip with the Classic Car Adventures folks.

I took a 1956 Continental MkII. Another guy I know drove his Mini (allies, not axis).

I made a point to find his car in the lot and park next to it. 

You could probably fit two Minis in the same spot.

On my way to pick up a bike last week I stopped at the bank and parked the Spark on the road. Pulling an 8' trailer with an extended tongue I was able to just fit inside those white painted lines on the road that indicate a parking space. I wish I'd taken a picture.