What were considered "compact" or "sub-compact" cars in the 1970s, if not the 1980s, were often close to the size of "full-sized" sedans today. The 1970's Ford

What were considered "compact" or "sub-compact" cars in the 1970s, if not the 1980s, were often close to the size of "full-sized" sedans today. The 1970's Ford Maverick, for example, is described on Wikipedia as a "subcompact", at just under 180" (15', or 4.5 m) length. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(1970%E2%80%931977) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(1970%E2%80%9319...> Full-sized U.S. cars were large up until the oil embargos of the 1970s, and even then it took most of a decade for Detroit to start marketing smaller cars. The Ford LTD (a large full-sized car) was 224" (17'4") long, and simply massive. There was a pretty radical re-basing of automobile sizes beginning in the late 1970s and continuing through the 1980s / early 1990s.