Theme 1 – Vehicle size and design are increasingly unreasonable
"The new Audi Q9 is absurd" – HughParry
"Old American sedans were often longer. A ‘77 Ford LTD was almost 5.5M in length, while this is only 5.3." – vel0city
"Higher hoods are worse, not better, for pedestrians." – jerlam
Theme 2 – Oversized cars are driven by status, narcissism, and a safety arms race
"What’s even more absurd is the Chinese vehicles in the same class have better tech and prices." – cpursley
"to put this in perspective; a lower hood will strike somewhere lower on the body like the legs, and bounce them off the hood (absorbing some impact) … causing substantially more damage, and cause you to go under and get crushed by the wheels, so at a minimum level damage is much more severe … death sentences for shorter people and children." – bobthepanda
"Cars have become absurd. … everything is huge and expensive." – mulderc
Theme 3 – Urban constraints are pushing people toward alternatives and a possible decline in car ownership
"Consider something other than a car." – Zambyte
"parking space, both at the company and at home, are not getting any wider or taller." – cherioo
"we're slowly moving towards a world where people can't afford homes so they'll just be living out of their cars." – volkk