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Motor vehicles are so ubiquitous in our lives that we sometimes consider them a natural part of the urban environment. Like roads, bikes, trees, and coffee shops... However, some cars are so bizarre and 'out there' that you can’t help but do a double take.
The ‘Messed Up Cars’ account on X (formerly Twitter) documents some of the weirdest and most hilarious car memes and pics from around the world. We’ve collected some of the most epic ones to share with you, Pandas. It’s something that will probably amuse and confuse any automobile lover. Enjoy!
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Jessica Cooney 1 year ago
My husband and I were just saying a few months ago, they should paint smart cars like the Fischer Price toy cars.
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Satan Laughs 1 year ago
My daughter would have loved getting dropped off at elementary school in that. By love, I mean embarrassed. Could you imagine installing a racing seat in the back with a 4-point harness for the kid? Legendary.
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
its a limo inside. https://twitter.com/TheDreamHearse
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The ‘Messed Up Cars’ project has a massive following over on X. It was founded fairly recently, at the start of the summer of 2022. Over the span of less than 2 years, the curator of the account managed to attract hundreds of thousands of loyal fans.
At the time of writing, 537.5k people and counting follow the page on the social network.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
The wheels and the outrigger floats make me think this is amphibious. Like you can ride this across the water too.
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Sneaky Snek With Long Neck 1 year ago
yeah if you ignore the luftwaffe (nazi military symbol)
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Morten Jul Lægaard 1 year ago
The license plate starts with “Y”. That is the German military 😁
Raphosaurus 1 year ago
Indeed, it is. So it's an official car of the Bundeswehr.
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Debbie 1 year ago (edited)
yes, this is nicely executed. Not upvoted this post as it's not messed up. (I need to keep reminding me that I should upvote the messed up cars, not the cars I like!)
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S. E. in Indiana 1 year ago
57 chevy and I don't know what kind of truck. Really done quite well.
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago (edited)
I believe the cab is a 1996 crew cab dodge dakota?
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Justin Rogers 1 year ago
Well done except the rear roof line could have been done way betterer/more gooderer
It’s incredibly difficult to calculate the number of automobiles in the world. However, the automotive industry research firm Hedges & Company found that the ballpark is around 1.47 billion vehicles.
However, if you think that the United States is the most car-obsessed nation in the world, you’re right and wrong at the same time, depending on what numbers you look at.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
WOW there's a lot going on here. Beyond the window decal, that's a Russian car. The licence plate is Belgian. The plate frame says "MADE IN F##KING RUSSIA". The rope is supposed to be a Russian peasant version of the cake tow hooks street racers find in vogue. Also the decal and plate frome are in English despite the fact they're in Belgium. It's all very strange.
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Debbie 1 year ago
I don't think this qualifies as a messed up car / ruined car with dumb mod. It's just a tiny doll sweater over the shiftstick (whaterver it's called). It takes 5 seconds to place, is not permanent, and takes 1 second to remove... I think it's kinda fun.
just me 1 year ago
And it keeps you from burning/freezing your hand off (depending on the season)
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
Well, it’s important to keep your k**b warm enough to handle comfortably
Justin Rogers 1 year ago
I painted a cyclopian eye on my shifter and put chicken arms on it (2016 ram promaster 3500 diesel)
According to ‘The Drive,’ China has the most cars in the world, with 415 million registered vehicles in 2022, or roughly 1 car for every 3.5 people.
However, North America has the highest concentration of cars per capita, at around 710 vehicles per 1,000 people. The US alone boasted 278 million registered cars in 2021. That comes out to around 1 car per 1.2 Americans.
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The Original Bruno 1 year ago
Can you imagine being on lap 299, and this thing is coming up behind you?
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Mike F 1 year ago
I was thinking that as well, or going over a railroad track.
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It looks like in Mario Kart when you put the tiny wheels on the offroader.
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Asia has the most automobiles on the road, clocking in at around 543 million cars. Europe is actually in second place, with 413 million cars. North America follows suit with 358 million.
There’s a massive gap between these three continents and all the other major regions of the world.
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Seadog 1 year ago
Somebody is a Tokyo Drift fan. The worst of the Fast & Furious movies although they're all bad in their own way
Sam Cook 1 year ago
Tokyo Drift is my least-favorite. I'd give it an eight out of ten. Furious 7 is easily my favorite, and one of the few films to make me cry.
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Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
Lots of butter, foul language, and a little luck.
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Thrillion 1 year ago
I like this one. I'm guessing but I bet the body was removed and reversed. The rear wheels (was front) steer and drive. Steering wheel moved to allow the driver to face the plow.
Very bored 1 year ago
Its a back of fiat 126, which has the engine in the back. I guess somebody replaced the front half of the car.
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Wisco_MKE 1 year ago
I know that's photoshopped and would never actually work, but I still love it.
Elmaur 1 year ago
It's an actual mod. Though I believe it was originally meant for rifles.
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For example, there are ‘barely’ 84 million cars in South America. Meanwhile, the Middle East has 50 million registered cars on the roads, while the entire continent of Africa boasts ‘just’ 26 million. And, just for fun, you’ll also find around 50 cars in the far-flung icy penguin kingdom of Antarctica.
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Mihran Hovnanian 1 year ago
It's clearly mislabelled as a 'drive thru'... that's is not the driver's fault! ;-)
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
The driver just didn't commit. Everything is a drive-thru if you're going fast enough.
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Casey Culp 1 year ago
This is in my home town. They had a medical emergency. It's also happened two other times at the same CVS.
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k1ddkanuck 1 year ago
I'm reminded of a joke that I heard years ago: A pirate is walking around with a ship's wheel attached to the front of his pants. A passerby asks "why is there a wheel attached to your crotch?" The pirate responds "Yaaar... it's drivin' me nuts!" I'll see myself out.
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Will Cable 1 year ago
It belongs to Captain Pugwash, along with crew mates Master Bates, Seaman Stains and Rodger the Cabin Boy
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Somehow, someway, that wheel is going to smack you in the nuts or break your wrist, or both.
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Dave Platt 1 year ago
"Not any more." (Inspector Clouseau, after being told that the piano he just destroyed was a priceless Steinway)
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Jrog 1 year ago
For whoever is wondering, this is not a real Countach, it's a cheap fiberglass body kit.
LilliVB 1 year ago (edited)
I hope so, a Lamborghini countach can cost around 2 millions.
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Mario Strada 1 year ago
DeTomaso did something like that in the 70s. I think that one came out better, especially in the early years before they tried to copy the Countach.
The rise in the scale of car ownership has been enormous in the United States. Statista reports that 167 million people had a driver’s license more than 3 decades ago, in 1990.
This number grew by leaps and bounds to around 222 million Americans in 2016. If the public transport and railway systems remain underdeveloped in the US, it’s likely that more and more people will feel that they have no other choice but to get their license and own a car.
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago
And Putin has ordered it rushed to the front lines in Ukraine ASAP.
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago
Tell me you have emotional immaturity and an inferiority complex without telling me you have emotional immaturity and an inferiority complex. But still have a sense of humor, hopefully.
ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago
The rear ones are pretty useless as they are and should be on sponson mounts.
April Pickett 1 year ago
Do you think the "guns" were added to try and keep people from keying the paint job? That is a beautiful paint job.
People in the US tend to prefer Asian manufacturers as well as American carmakers: General Motors (GM), Ford, and FCA (though the latter was actually created after a merger between Chrysler and mostly European-owned Fiat).
Toyota is an especially popular foreign brand in the US, with 2 million cars sold in 2018. That same year, Americans bought 2.5 million Ford cards and 3 million GM cars.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Two spoilers is a sign that the owner has no idea how spoilers work.
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Wisco_MKE 1 year ago
YIKES. The body of a Beetle, back end from a Porsche, and a totally unnecessary spoiler.
Grenelda Thurber 1 year ago
Good thing they added the spoiler. Otherwise I'm sure that thing would take flight.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Dekotora or decotora (デコトラ, dekotora), an abbreviation for "decoration truck", are a style of decorated trucks in Japan.[1] Commonly featuring neon, LED or ultraviolet lights, detailed paintjobs and murals, and stainless steel or golden parts (both on the exterior and the interior), dekotora may be created by workers out of their work trucks for fun, or they may be designed by hobbyists for special events. They are sometimes also referred to as art trucks (アートトラック), ātotorakku)).[2][3]
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April Pickett 1 year ago
This has got to be for conventions, etc. It's so low to the ground. I bet it has its own semi to drive it around.
The sad reality is that with so many vehicles on the road, accidents happen on a massive scale. The World Health Organization claims that 1.35 million people lose their lives every single year on roadways. That comes out to nearly 3,700 lives lost each day. Half of these deaths are pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists.
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Full of Giggles 1 year ago
Oddly, not the strangest thing I’ve seen on that freeway. (101 Southbound- Scottsdale, Arizona, US)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
What dude did to that suspension is super scary. Would not want to try driving that at freeway speed.
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River Daski 1 year ago
i know what's going on here, at least i think! xD in some US states and some countries, it's illegal to have the wheels stick out further than the wheel guards. some people go a little crazy with flaring wheel guards to make their cars legal, and i'm suspecting this is hiding more than one set of tires. and seeing the type of tires on the car, it's probably bc they're racers.
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Stephen Hutchison 1 year ago
I suppose that this gets around the law that says your wheels need to be actually covered by the flashing around the wheel well.
According to the WHO, car crash injuries are the 8th leading cause of death, for all age groups, on planet Earth. It is also the number 1 leading cause of death for kids and young people aged 5 to 29.
It’s a crisis on a truly global scale. Vehicular accidents happen most often in low-income countries.
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Chris Sprucefield 1 year ago
turbo lag? once spun up, it will twist the car when trying to brake...
Lester the Space Duck 1 year ago
When that thing spools up, you're going to see some serious s**t.
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AmericanLad 1 year ago
The car equivalent of that one emo from high school who complained a lot and always smelled weird.
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
If a TrapperKeeper and the Fast and the Furious franchise had a baby.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago (edited)
Ahh I know what this is! There's a group of people called Hypermilers. They modify their hybrid cars to maximize their gas mileage and compete to see who can get the best miles per gallon. Some of these people fan squeeze like a hundred miles per gallon out of a Prius.
The biggest factors that lead to accidents include speeding, not using seatbelts or motorcycle helmets, driving while distracted, piloting unsafe vehicles, and a lack of law enforcement of traffic laws.
Drivers who use their mobile phones while behind the wheel are a whopping 4 times more likely to be involved in a crash. Texting is very dangerous. Unfortunately, hands-free phones aren’t much safer than hand-held ones, either.
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clairebear 1 year ago
Looks like UK. A paint job is pretty much all we are allowed. Most of vehicles on here would be illegal in UK.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
A lot of the vehicles here should be illegal everywhere.
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Vyxsin (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
I grew up near a black widow version of this sculpture. It was in a field next to an old barn for decades. I believe the sculptor did three or four of these. The one I grew up next to had been bought and moved to Reno, NV. last I heard. I believe it's on top of a VW customization shop near Sparks currently.
Dee Rutherford 1 year ago
I know where this is. It’s been near the highway for years and still thrills no matter how many times you pass it.
cadena kuhn 1 year ago
These are sculptures there's one in my town in front of the old car museum
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Dekotora or decotora (デコトラ, dekotora), an abbreviation for "decoration truck", are a style of decorated trucks in Japan.
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
This looks like someone took the entire city of Las Vegas and turned it into a Transformer.
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
I can only imagine how big of an alternator these guys need for these trucks. Its cool.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Let see, I've spent WAY too much on this 'vette, How can I destroy it?
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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
Latest and greatest engine/transmission combo. Boop the nose to shift, scritch behind the ear to accelerate. The faster you scritch, the faster the leg...uh vehicle goes!
Michael Parker 1 year ago
Totally a mod. I installed a similar mod with my cat. Results were...mixed.
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Bob Brooce 1 year ago
This is what happens when the crane operator at a junk yard has some free time.
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Bogdan Chelariu 1 year ago
That's obviously a joke/mockery.... It says on the back "I identify as a F150"...
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René Sauer 1 year ago
Oh, give this to a professional and it could end up looking pretty good.
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Northlander72 1 year ago (edited)
This reminds me of that picture of a (supposedly) child's skull; where right under the eye sockets, there was just teeth. So much teeth.
Robert T 1 year ago
I'm prepared to believe that one row of exhausts is real. Well real in the sense that they exist. Not real in the sense that they are functional. I vaguely remember it appearing on Barry Boys website some time ago.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
I think it is. Otherwise that engine is going to overheat and melt.
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Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
I hope this is the truck from someone who owns a landscaping company. Could you imagine asking for a quote and this truck pulls up to your house?!
Wingsofwrath 1 year ago
Is it Ali Spagnola's car, perchance? https://youtu.be/WAz91k63Q9c?feature=shared
Load More Replies... Vyxsin (she/her) 1 year ago
This truck gives me major Mossman vibes. The MOTU fans will get it.
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Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Prototype for the Eschermobile. Unfortunately, when they started factory production the finished cars kept ending up back at the beginning of the assembly line.
Load More Replies... Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
This is what we would be left with if we had Joe Biden and Kamala Harris draw a car in an unmonitored group think session and someone made it. If you squint real hard, you can see Joe's ice cream machine. The mint chocolate chip is almost ready!
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Annemarie van der Westhuysen 1 year ago
Thanks for making me laugh out loud!! XD
Load More Replies... Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
If the elevator is trimmed right, wonder if that would generate enough lift to take off?
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les 1 year ago
yeah, i can see this at one of those throw your keys in the bowl parties
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A person doesn't even get hurt when they get hit by this car. They just kick their feet up and watch some Andy Griffith show.
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I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
Kinda curious how this car came to be? Was is starting to be squashed at a junk yard and someone stopped and bought it as is and this is the result?
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doin' here? I don't belong here
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Wish I could see the rest of the plate so I could see which country this is. As is, some Latino country. Could be anywhere from Mexico to Argentina. Ahh got it! The billboard is the clue I needed. Mix Center appears to be a chain of truck stops in Ecuador.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
But the artwork looks like it was done by somebody named Bubba from the southern US. They started with the standard white anglo jeebus and then made him look like he turned a loaf of bread into 10,000 Bic Macs and ate them.
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Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
This is an attempt to build a car from a console racing game. Can’t remember which game though!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
This would be fun to drive in an empty lot but it has no rotational stability.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
I've heard of people calling brush guards "cow catchers" but this guy took the term literally.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Least they don't need to worry about the deer herd in the road (mental image of bowling pins)
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Annemarie van der Westhuysen 1 year ago
I don't want to know what that would do to a pedestrian in case of a collision...
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
That'll get those oil protesters out of the way so you can get to work.
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Robert T 1 year ago
Well it's spoilt the look of the vehicle, so they got it right on that score. ;-)
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Vyxsin (she/her) 1 year ago
When you really want a Jeep but someone gives a great deal on an old Miata.
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Javelina Poppers 1 year ago
Hard right turns get a little painful, but the shifter makes up for it.
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Vyxsin (she/her) 1 year ago
If they'd moved the rear axle back to right about where the color changes it'd look much better.
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LizAnn 1 year ago
Am I the only one curious about what appears to be a drain on the passenger side?
S. E. in Indiana 1 year ago
So, when you are driving and have to take a leak just aim for the passenger side. No reason to stop anymore..
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Bob Brooce 1 year ago
From the looks of the road this guy has been driving this route every day for decades.
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Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
You just have to believe! Believe in something!!!
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Multa Nocte 1 year ago
If BP wants to discourage people from reading and leaving comments, putting up "Bored Panda Recommends - Did you enjoy this article? We’ve got a feeling you’ll like these pieces, too:" every single time you want to read other peoples' comments is one way to do it.
Saphyre Fyre 1 year ago
I have enjoyed the show where the contestants have a team redo their car into a Hot Wheels.
Will Cable 1 year ago
Can we add to this all those cars made by manufacturers that are so low even driving down a road the underside catches on speed humps/bumps. I got slated a while back for saying the reason why some switch to a 4x4 is simply because the ground clearance is nearer older cars from a couple of decades ago.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
If BP wants to discourage people from reading and leaving comments, putting up "Bored Panda Recommends - Did you enjoy this article? We’ve got a feeling you’ll like these pieces, too:" every single time you want to read other peoples' comments is one way to do it.
Saphyre Fyre 1 year ago
I have enjoyed the show where the contestants have a team redo their car into a Hot Wheels.
Will Cable 1 year ago
Can we add to this all those cars made by manufacturers that are so low even driving down a road the underside catches on speed humps/bumps. I got slated a while back for saying the reason why some switch to a 4x4 is simply because the ground clearance is nearer older cars from a couple of decades ago.
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