thought it was pretty weird when they chopped the trunk on the LHS to make the 300M.....but remember an article in Automotive News (or some such) saying that the 300M was being made to fit German parking spaces.........up to that point, Neons were they only models being sold there as Chryslers.
even here in the US, times change. I learned to drive on a '57 Lincoln.....my first car was a '56 Packard (!)......they had wheelbases of 127 & 126 inches.....were around 220 inches long and weighed around
4800 pounds each........never gave their size a thought......threaded thru traffic with ease (the Packard especially handled well).
I love my old LHS, but only drive it on long trips now because it feels like a tank!
btw: think the LHS is about 208 inches long....weighs about 3400 pounds (?). this spring bought a Mustang GT converf..........it's about 190 inches long.....the engine is all alluminum......it's half plastic and no one can get in the back seat. each car is individually weighed at the factory and my window sticker sez it weighs 3875 pounds - what's with that?