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I'm pretty sure the scales are different. Look at the door handles: regardless of the size of the vehicle, anything that interact with human beings should be roughly the same scale and the door handles just aren't.
Not to say that American trucks aren't ridiculously oversized of course, but that photo looks doctored to me.
Miata door handles are built for a finger or fingers and not a whole hand. The scale is correct.
Well, I'm an avid cyclist and left the US 25 years ago, and if that's really the kind of behemoth that roams the streets in the US today, I'm glad I did.
people have been posting photos of such vehicles in europe and other places where nothing is designed to accomodate such a large truck and its a miserable look that they were allowed in at all
I also miss tiny cars that feel like I’ve strapped on a super suit
Based on measuring the images, they seem about right. The F-250 is the full width of the image (1,002 px). The MX-5 is 605 px, so just over 60% of the length of the F-250. If we do the same maths with the lengths provided in the image (6.35 m and 3.95 m) we get 62%. If the scale is wrong it's by a pretty negligible amount
Regarding the door handles, the MX-5's door handles aren't made for hands. Their hinge is parallel to the actual door hinge and they're made to be used with one finger instead of a whole hand, so while you were right to notice the difference it's actually because the MX-5's door handles really are very unusually small
You can check it yourself here
https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/mazda-mx-5-1989-roadster-vs-ford-f-250-2023-4-door-pickup-crew-cab/
And compared to my current car
Size seems accurate.
Nope, most of these trucks hoods are taller than my Velosters roof. Driving is fkn scarry these days.
The whole point of that site is to compare sizes of cars. Plug in whatever you want to compare: https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/mazda-mx-5-1989-roadster-vs-ford-f-250-2023-4-door-pickup-crew-cab/
Can't believe I had to scroll to the bottom to find a link, and it's not even a top level comment...
Thank you for this. Gonna compare my 350Z Roadster to a NA Miata. (edit: Never mind lol, it's not even on the website. They have the 370Z, though...)