klier
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That's just a lazy excuse. Mazda makes the MX-5 the same size and weight as from 35 years ago. Lucid makes the Air which is the size of a SWB E38 but competes with modern S Class/7er in terms of interior space.
For Mercedes it's a combination of bulky hardware and the combined use of the platform for ICE and BEV.
The end result is a car with absolutely ghastly proportions, even compared to its direct predecessor
I would also like to say that the Lucid Air, with it's huge interior volume looks very blobby with no defined 3-box design, which is the bare minimum expectation for a Mercedes after the EQE/S disasters.
I can give you the 3 box part, but you're not getting the 'not blobby' part.