[Livnletcarsliv]

Originally Posted by CarNerd

When we had old Ambassadors sit 4 with ease, Why do we have today's cars that struggle with 3 people in the back? Will we ever build wide roads and wide cars?

Originally Posted by SideView

With the 4m restriction in our country, i always wonder why our brilliant manufacturers dont try to widen (wide but not too wide) the cars a bit to get more people in.

Simple. The definition of our vehicle by law (in the RC) is that it is a 5 seater vehicle. And in India all the Tata's, Mahindras are proper 5 seaters with some exceptions. Similarly Hyundai's, MG's, Kia's are also proper 5 seaters again with some exceptions. Entry level cars in India are totally different from those of the developed world. Still Indica's, Swift's are also proper 5 seaters.

Of course some of the main reasons that many of the entry level cars are not as good as an Indica in terms of space are due the cost, priorities and brand positioning. For eg - Indica did not have all the bells and whistles that a Swift, Getz, Figo had. Indica was not a driver focussed performance oriented car compared to a Swift, Getz, Figo.

There are a lot of factors that decide the size of a car in the entry level segment. Above 10-12L, more than 90% of non-luxury vehicles are obviously 5 seaters. So the width of our existing cars are more than enough for the Indian conditions.

[Voodooblaster]

Originally Posted by CarNerd

When we had old Ambassadors sit 4 with ease, Why do we have today's cars that struggle with 3 people in the back?

It must be the OEMS way of subtly asking us folks to be less wider and more fitter

[rkv_2401]

Originally Posted by CarNerd

When we had old Ambassadors sit 4 with ease, Why do we have today's cars that struggle with 3 people in the back? Will we ever build wide roads and wide cars?

It's a matter of packaging. The Ambassador would actually be a pretty small C2 segment car by modern standards (4.3m * 1.66m) but cars like the Vento (4.4m * 1.7m) that have low space inside despite being physically larger choose to utilize that space differently.

[digitalnirvana]

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