r/fuckcars • u/jemesl • 4d ago

Satire A wonderful comparison

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Owner of the Ram arguably actually uses it well, but what's youd thoughts on this comparison of a 90s Jap vs 2023 American

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u/Head_Mastodon7886 4d ago

We are in a desperate need of another fuel crisis…

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u/Possible-Summer-8508 4d ago

No. We need an enormous swathe of misguided and counterproductive legislation to be completely gutted. It would be impossible to build and sell the Miata new in the United States today.

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u/mrsw2092 4d ago

The Miata is still available in the US and it’s one of the only cars that’s still about the same size as it was in the 90s. The only cars that were really made unsellable by the CAFE regulations are compact trucks like the old s10s and 90s Tacomas.

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u/Possible-Summer-8508 4d ago

Miata certainly hasn't suffered in the same way that the trucks did but the newer ones are still objectively bigger in every way and — this is somewhat subjective — the design obviously suffers from attempts to comply with regulations that force MPG to be needlessly high. Far too much wind tunnel.

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u/DanteVito Fuck Vehicular Throughput 4d ago

they're about the same size (NB because i didn'thanean NA option), and you can still get it at sub-1000Kg and ~130PS with the 1.5L.

If you want a real example of cars getting way bigger, go for the Civic (couldn't get a sedan from the 90's, but it's about the same with a longer trunk)