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Activate notificationCars & Movies » Cars that are just too small to drive
Maybe not too small to physically drive, but some that are so small I wouldn't want to drive or be seen in:
Smart (ugh I hate them so much)
Geo Metro
Daewoo Lanos
Citroen C1 (ugliest car EVER!)
Ford Festiva
Nissan Micra (the bug-eye freak of the car world... ewwww)
Smart (ugh I hate them so much)
Geo Metro
Daewoo Lanos
Citroen C1 (ugliest car EVER!)
Ford Festiva
Nissan Micra (the bug-eye freak of the car world... ewwww)
The Beetle is not so small, it is 4m long.
I do not have problem with "small" cars like the C1, Metro etc.
My parents often had such cars (they hesitated between the Suzuki Swift - same as the Metro - and the Peugeot 205 at a time, but finally bought the 205), e.g.: 1984 Honda Civic, Peugeot 106/205, or a Peugeot 104zs and a Renault 5 long time before.
I had a Peugeot 106, same size as the Metro/205. Now I have the 206sw, which is a little bigger, but still "only" 4m long. I do not really want a bigger car: in city here it is too big
The smart must be good for that, but that one is really short, I am not sure I would be comfortable with that. But it is maybe just a question of getting used to it.
I do not have problem with "small" cars like the C1, Metro etc.
My parents often had such cars (they hesitated between the Suzuki Swift - same as the Metro - and the Peugeot 205 at a time, but finally bought the 205), e.g.: 1984 Honda Civic, Peugeot 106/205, or a Peugeot 104zs and a Renault 5 long time before.
I had a Peugeot 106, same size as the Metro/205. Now I have the 206sw, which is a little bigger, but still "only" 4m long. I do not really want a bigger car: in city here it is too big
The smart must be good for that, but that one is really short, I am not sure I would be comfortable with that. But it is maybe just a question of getting used to it.
Indeed the C1 is one of my favourite car 
Small cars are meant for city usage, but not suitable for long distance driving
Small cars are meant for city usage, but not suitable for long distance driving
Not even "seen" too small cars, I've even made the experience to stuck in cars and couldn't leave them without help.
One time, when I've sat on a NSU-meeting in a Thurner RS (a handmade sport-coupe of fibreglass, based on a NSU TT).
And years later in a Daihatsu(?) Copen(?), when I've visited my Japanese friend. No joking, I couldn't leave and had to yell "Hiroshi, I'm stuck! Please pull me out!"
Disgusting.
And one time a friend an me have presented a scene, which was worth for a slapstick-show. Fortunately it happend i nthe pre-Youtube-times.
It was at our New Zealand-trip in 1998. We rented a car at "Rent-a-wreck" in Auckland. The have offered ca.12-13 old cars, used imports from Japan.
Because we left our luggage in the motel, we had no need for a bigger car, so we have chosen the smallest one. It was a 1986 Honda Jazz (Jazz was the name in Europe).
I (1.89 meter, 110 kg) could sit behind the steering wheel, but it was impossible to screw my legs between pedals an steering-wheel, absolute impossible! No way.
And my friend (1.90 meter, 155 kg) even couldn't use the passenger's seat. It must have been an incredible view, how we were crawling around in the car, but couldn't make it.
Then we went back in office and gave the keys back. We took a 1986 Honda Civic Shuttle, this was usable.
@Ddey65 and taxguy: the cars you are showing, aren't real micro-cars, just smaller cars. In the Europe of the 50ies, we had REAL microcars.
And hundreds of thousands of Europeans culd handle with them for many years.
When my parents were studying in the late 60ies, a friend of them had a Messerschmitt Kabinenroller. He lived in Aurich, a town in the farest Nortwest of Germany, close to the North Sea. His girl-friend lived in Graz, Southern Austria. And yes, he had visited her minimum one time per month. :shock:
In the NSU-fan-scene there is a well known old couple from the town of Hildesheim. They are owning -since 1964 in first hand- a turquoise NSU Prinz 4. The back window of the NSU is full with stickers from everywhere in Europe, even Romania, Iceland, Soviet Union and so on.
Proudly they've told me "Sure the stickers are only from countries,where we had been ourselves. We've travelled in every European country, to the Eastern Block-countries all before 1990".
I got big, uncomprehending eyes and an irritated "Eeeh, yes. For sure. Why?" as answer on my (obviously naive) question: "Have you travelled always with your NSU?"
For they it's absolutely self-evident to travel across the whole continent with a 30hp-car from 1964...
One time, when I've sat on a NSU-meeting in a Thurner RS (a handmade sport-coupe of fibreglass, based on a NSU TT).
And years later in a Daihatsu(?) Copen(?), when I've visited my Japanese friend. No joking, I couldn't leave and had to yell "Hiroshi, I'm stuck! Please pull me out!"
Disgusting.
And one time a friend an me have presented a scene, which was worth for a slapstick-show. Fortunately it happend i nthe pre-Youtube-times.
It was at our New Zealand-trip in 1998. We rented a car at "Rent-a-wreck" in Auckland. The have offered ca.12-13 old cars, used imports from Japan.
Because we left our luggage in the motel, we had no need for a bigger car, so we have chosen the smallest one. It was a 1986 Honda Jazz (Jazz was the name in Europe).
I (1.89 meter, 110 kg) could sit behind the steering wheel, but it was impossible to screw my legs between pedals an steering-wheel, absolute impossible! No way.
And my friend (1.90 meter, 155 kg) even couldn't use the passenger's seat. It must have been an incredible view, how we were crawling around in the car, but couldn't make it.
Then we went back in office and gave the keys back. We took a 1986 Honda Civic Shuttle, this was usable.
@Ddey65 and taxguy: the cars you are showing, aren't real micro-cars, just smaller cars. In the Europe of the 50ies, we had REAL microcars.
And hundreds of thousands of Europeans culd handle with them for many years.
When my parents were studying in the late 60ies, a friend of them had a Messerschmitt Kabinenroller. He lived in Aurich, a town in the farest Nortwest of Germany, close to the North Sea. His girl-friend lived in Graz, Southern Austria. And yes, he had visited her minimum one time per month. :shock:
In the NSU-fan-scene there is a well known old couple from the town of Hildesheim. They are owning -since 1964 in first hand- a turquoise NSU Prinz 4. The back window of the NSU is full with stickers from everywhere in Europe, even Romania, Iceland, Soviet Union and so on.
Proudly they've told me "Sure the stickers are only from countries,where we had been ourselves. We've travelled in every European country, to the Eastern Block-countries all before 1990".
I got big, uncomprehending eyes and an irritated "Eeeh, yes. For sure. Why?" as answer on my (obviously naive) question: "Have you travelled always with your NSU?"
For they it's absolutely self-evident to travel across the whole continent with a 30hp-car from 1964...
@Antoine: the Beetle is quite long, but indeed narrow inside.
For me it's an incredible car. But everyone says this, who ad driven ever its rival NSU Prinz. My 1200 C was not small inside, eough space for the legs, a respectable front trunk - and it was much faster than a VW.
When I was small, a neighbour had a Renault 8. Even for me as a child it looked narrow inside.
When I've been 12 years, old the Fiat 126 (an early, pre-Polish one) of annother neighbour had the ideal size for me. I could sit perfectly, could reach all handles and knobs, could look around and so on.
Nowadays I've the opinion, that the Fiat with 4 numbers more would fit better to me. 130 than 126.
For me it's an incredible car. But everyone says this, who ad driven ever its rival NSU Prinz. My 1200 C was not small inside, eough space for the legs, a respectable front trunk - and it was much faster than a VW.
When I was small, a neighbour had a Renault 8. Even for me as a child it looked narrow inside.
When I've been 12 years, old the Fiat 126 (an early, pre-Polish one) of annother neighbour had the ideal size for me. I could sit perfectly, could reach all handles and knobs, could look around and so on.
Nowadays I've the opinion, that the Fiat with 4 numbers more would fit better to me. 130 than 126.
I know someone who was as high as you (around 1m90) and wanted a small car of the same size as the Peugeot 106 etc. (end of 90s). The only one in which he could site comfortably was the Lancia Y (from what he said, as this was the reason why he bought that car rather than a cheaper one like the 106/Saxo/...)
When he was younger he had a Fiat 500
When he was younger he had a Fiat 500
but in the Fiat he had to sit on the back seat for driving, eeh?
I must ask the webmaster of our club-page www.k70-club.de , if he has a photo of a legendary view, he had given once to the habitants of a small Sicilian village, where he had been on vacations. He sat in a Fiat 500. On the back seat and the head out of the open cloth-roof. Andreas is 2.07 meter tall.
I must ask the webmaster of our club-page www.k70-club.de , if he has a photo of a legendary view, he had given once to the habitants of a small Sicilian village, where he had been on vacations. He sat in a Fiat 500. On the back seat and the head out of the open cloth-roof. Andreas is 2.07 meter tall.
My parents once test drove a Toyota Yaris, and even my mother couldn't fit in the car... and she's 5'1"!
that makes 1.55m, no way, I went in a Yaris with my 1.74m and it was way big enough, I could have been bigger without problem.
I'm about 1.86m (6'1" and a bit) and I once drove a Yaris and I don't remember it being too small. Someone who is 5'1" should be able to fit into the back seat of any car that isn't a 2+2 sports car (only enough legroom for a very small child in some of those). Or maybe the problem here isn't height... 
Since I'm not exceptionally tall, I can't think of any cars, at least no modern cars, that are too small for me, although perhaps I might have found the old Mini a bit cramped. Apart from the very tall, the only people who seem to have a problem with small cars seem to be Americans...
Since I'm not exceptionally tall, I can't think of any cars, at least no modern cars, that are too small for me, although perhaps I might have found the old Mini a bit cramped. Apart from the very tall, the only people who seem to have a problem with small cars seem to be Americans...
How can you even say that? 
The smart is the ugliest car ever designed (cosmetically regardless of its size). I honestly don't know how anyone can not hate it, let alone like it. It doesn't even deserve the title of car really, it's rather just a rolling misshapen phone booth.
Besides it's completely pointless cosmetics aside, since you can get the same mileage out of a car that's actually large enough to be called a "car".
The smart is the ugliest car ever designed (cosmetically regardless of its size). I honestly don't know how anyone can not hate it, let alone like it. It doesn't even deserve the title of car really, it's rather just a rolling misshapen phone booth. Besides it's completely pointless cosmetics aside, since you can get the same mileage out of a car that's actually large enough to be called a "car".
