On: Americans' love affair with big cars is killing th...

[AstralJaeger]

Considering there are europeans sedans that have more cargo volume and are sginificantly shortler than some of these american battering rams

[nothercastle → AstralJaeger]

That’s because the us has no pedestrian impact design requirements and people like grills.

[CRConrad → nothercastle]

How does either of those lead to less cargo volume for the same or larger length?

[AstralJaeger → CRConrad]

Lots of dead volume that isn't usable... unless you wanna smuggle drugs with these vehicles.

[CRConrad → AstralJaeger]

"No pedestrian impact design requirements" --> no need to design in crumple zones --> less dead volume that isn't usable.

"People like grills" --> Flat two-dimensional decoration on the front surface --> How would that affect dead volume in the interior?

Your arguments aren't making sense to me.