New cars in the EU and UK have grown 1cm wider every two years, the Guardian can reveal, driven by large luxury SUVs whose sales show no sign of slowing. “It’s unrelenting,” said James Nix, an analyst at the Transport and Environment (T&E) campaign group and author of the report. “Spurred on by sales of the largest SUVs, vehicles are getting wider every year.”

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Forbes

United States

Autobesity: Bloated Cars Widen By Two Centimeters Per Year

Twenty years ago, the average width of a car in Europe was 170 cm, but today it is 180 cm. Environmental organizations are asking Europe to stop this evolution. Because the widest cars, such as the BMW X5 (200.4 cm) or the Audi Q8 (199.5 cm), already no longer fit in a regular parking lot (180 cm) next to the road. “Partly because of this, the safety of other road users is also compromised.” The manufacturers wave away the criticism and say they…

Twintig jaar geleden was de gemiddelde breedte van een wagen in Europa nog 170 cm, vandaag is dat al 180 cm. Milieuorganisaties vragen Europa om die evolutie te stoppen. Want de breedste auto’s, zoals de BMW X5 (200,4 cm) of de Audi Q8 (199,5 cm), passen nu al niet meer in een reguliere parkeerplaats (180 cm) naast de weg. “Mede daardoor komt ook de veiligheid van andere weggebruikers in het gedrang.” De fabrikanten wuiven de kritiek weg en zegg…

‘Autobesitas’: wagens worden elk jaar een halve centimeter breder

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Het Laatste Nieuws

DPG Media

Kobbegem

Flemish Brabant

Flanders

Belgium

'Autobesitas': cars are getting half an inch wider every year

Auto's elke twee jaar een centimeter breder

De Telegraaf

Mediahuis

Amsterdam

Government of Amsterdam

North Holland

Netherlands

Roads in most British cities are becoming more and more choked as wider motor cars struggle to squeeze past each other.

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

Forbes family (publishers)

'We need Government action to stop motor manufacturers fuelling our addiction to ever more obese cars'

GB News

London

Greater London

England

United Kingdom

Cars becoming too big for British roads with urgent calls for new driving laws - 'We need action!'

New cars registered in the EU have become significantly wider on average over the 20 years. Environmental aid demands higher parking fees for large cars. more...

In der EU zugelassene neue Autos sind in den 20 Jahren im Schnitt deutlich breiter geworden. Die Umwelthilfe fordert höhere Parkgebühren für große Autos. mehr...

Größere Autos: Pkws in der EU immer breiter

Berlin

Germany

Larger cars: cars are getting wider in the EU

Anyone who looks around in the parking lot of a department store can see what a problem the size of the cars has become by now.

Bárki, aki egy áruház parkolóházában körülnéz, láthatja, milyen probléma lett mostanra az autók mérete.

Kétévente egy centivel szélesednek az új autók az EU-ban és az Egyesült Királyságban

Heti Világgazdaság

Hungary

New cars grow by an inch every two years in the EU and UK

Drivers' love for SUVs has meant that cars in Europe have become an average of an inch wider every two years since 2001. The researchers are calling for a European maximum because the cars would take up a disproportionate amount of space.

De liefde van automobilisten voor SUV's heeft ervoor gezorgd dat auto's in Europa sinds 2001 elke twee jaar gemiddeld een centimeter breder zijn geworden. De onderzoekers pleiten voor een Europees maximum, omdat de auto's buitenproportioneel veel ruimte zouden innemen.

Auto's in Europa worden elk jaar halve centimeter breder

RTL Nieuws

Cars in Europe are getting half an inch wider every year

Ever-wider: why large SUVs don’t fit, and what to do about it, The case for European law-makers to review the maximum width of light duty

Clean Technica

Cars Are Getting 1 CM Wider Every Two Years - CleanTechnica

Bigger cars more likely to kill people, release more toxic gas and are outgrowing design of citiesNew cars in the EU and UK have grown 1cm wider every two years, the Guardian can reveal, driven by large luxury SUVs whose sales show no sign of slowing.“It’s unrelenting,” said James Nix, an analyst at the Transport and Environment (T&E) campaign group and author of the report. “Spurred on by sales of the largest SUVs, vehicles are getting wider ev…

The Guardian

New cars in EU and UK growing 1cm wider every two years, shows report

The case for European law-makers to review the maximum width of light duty vehicles.

New cars in EU and UK growing 1cm wider every two years, shows report

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