An Odyssey Carries 7x More per Square Metre Than a Ferrari
Boot figures are quoted in isolation, which rewards vehicles for simply being large. Divide by the space the car takes up on the road and a different set of names comes out on top.
Michigan Lots Are 74% Domestic. Hawaii Is 51% Japanese.
Where a car was designed still decides what sells, three decades after that stopped being an argument about quality. The map is sharp enough that you can guess the state from the brand mix alone.
The Diesel F-350 Asks $25,126 More Than the Gas One
Compare diesel to gasoline across a whole market and you mostly measure the trucks. So we narrowed it to the same nameplate, same body, same job — and the gap not only held, it widened.
Thirteen Car Brands Died in America and the Total Never Changed
Names with decades of history vanished one after another, and at no point did the showroom get emptier. Every death was matched by an arrival within a few years.
Two-Year-Old Hybrids Have 24% More Miles Than Petrol Cars the Same Age
Every powertrain has a mileage profile, and hybrids have a strange one: ahead early, behind later. The crossover happens at about three years, and it says who buys them first.
The Nissan GT-R Went 15 Years Without a New Generation
Cars normally get replaced every five to seven years. A few stayed on sale essentially unchanged for over a decade, and what they have in common isn't neglect.
Cars Got Longer and Their Overhangs Got Shorter. The Wheels Moved to the Corners.
The most visible change in car design over thirty years isn't size — it's proportion. The wheels are further apart and there's less car hanging past them.
Cars Got Bigger Outside and Their Boots Got Smaller Inside
Every generation of car is longer, wider and taller than the last. Measure the space you actually use and the trend runs the other way.
A Ten-Year-Old Electric Car Arrives With 34,000 Fewer Miles Than a Petrol One
Electric cars are cheaper per mile to run, so you'd expect owners to drive them more. Every year of the used market says the opposite, and the gap never closes.
A Corvette Covers 2,738 Miles a Year. A Ford Transit Covers 15,135.
Mileage expectations are usually set by the calendar. Sorted by model instead, the spread is five and a half times — which means age tells you almost nothing on its own.
Small SUVs Are the Most Economical Class in America. That Says More About the Classes Than the Cars.
The EPA sorts every car into an official class. Rank those classes by fuel economy and the result makes no physical sense — until you look at which powertrains land in which box.
Cars Grew Four Inches Taller and Four Inches Wider in Twenty Years
The car you're replacing is smaller than the one replacing it, whatever the badge says. I measured the dimension data across two decades and the growth is uniform, relentless and mostly invisible until you park.