What Is the Biggest Car in the World?

We can’t judge a person by his/her size, but we surely can judge a car by its dimensions. ‘What is the biggest car in the world?’ is, though, a difficult question to answer to when there are so many factors involved. While at first glance it is easy to judge a vehicle by its size, it is quite hard to establish which one is the largest in the world as cars vary greatly on length, width, height, power, engine and so on.

In order to provide best-informed answers to this dilemma, we have limited our research to street legal automobiles. The list is thus limited to current production cars, pickup trucks, SUVs and vans, and excludes industrial vehicles or other types of larger vehicles as we want to stick to road cars every person in the world would want to drive.

So What Is the Biggest Car in the World?

If you are a car enthusiast and dream to own the biggest car in the world, check your pockets as our list features a few of the most luxurious automobiles available on the market.

The Biggest Car in the World by Length

Production Car

255.9 inches (6,499 mm) – 2016 Mercedes-Maybach Pullman

The luxurious Mercedes Maybach S600 Pullman is currently the longest street legal production car in the world. Does it fit the biggest car in the world title? While this is a complex question to answer to, we can say that it sure is luxury on a very large scale.

Americans love driving pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans. The biggest such vehicles currently produced are:

Pickup Truck

263.0 inches (6,680 mm) – Ford F-250/F-350

SUV

224.4 inches (5,700 mm) – 2015 Chevrolet Suburban

Van

300.3 inches (7,628 mm) – Iveco Daily

The Biggest Car in the World by Width

Production Car

79.9 inches (2,030 mm) – Lamborghini Aventador (2011)

Mercedes Maybach Pullman may be the longest car in the world right now, but the widest automobile title is taken by another super car, built in Italy this time. However, Lamborghini Aventador is beaten at this category by a 3 inches wider Chrysler Crown Imperial from 1954.

Pickup Truck

96.0 inches (2,438 mm) – Dodge Ram 3500 DRW

SUV

81.6 in (2,073 mm) – Range Rover (L405)

Van

83.7 in (2,126 mm) – Ford Transit

The Biggest Car in the World by Height

Production Car

64.6 inches (1,641 mm) – Rolls-Royce Phantom (EWB – extended wheelbase)

Roll-Royce Phantom (EWB) is not only the tallest, but also the heaviest production car in the world today. But the tallest production car ever manufactured is a Ford 60 HP from 1904, characterized by a height of 100.4 inches.

Pickup Truck

116.4 inches (2,956) – Brabus Unimog U500 Black Edition

SUV

78.3 inches (1,989 mm) – Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator

Van

120.3 inches (3,055 mm) – Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

The Biggest Car in the World by Curb Weight

Production Car

6,052 lb (2,745 kg) – Rolls-Royce Phantom EWB

If Rolls-Royce Phantom is the heaviest production car in the world right now, the heaviest production car ever manufactured was a large luxury 1930-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 known as the Großer Mercedes weighting 10,582 lb.

Pickup Truck

14,551 lb (6,600 kg) – International XT

SUV

6,274 lb (2,846 kg) – Lincoln Navigator L 4X4

Van

6,779 lb (3,075 kg) – Iveco Daily

Why Do Cars Get Bigger and Bigger?

Have you ever questioned yourself why cars got bigger and bigger over the years? Our nation is well-known for drivers in love with huge SUVs and pickup trucks. But what is the reason behind everything? Safety? Popularity? Larger roads than in other places around the globe?

Some say Americans drive monstrous cars because they afford to pay for the gas wagons these vehicles consume, which is true. The gasoline is a lot cheaper in the US as compared to Europe. Big cars are fun as well, others say.

Let’s just have a look at how manufacturers like Honda or Volkswagen have produced larger and larger cars over time.

Honda, for instance, has built and sold more than 9 million Accords in the US over the last 30 years. Not only sales have increased, but also the space efficiency and length of vehicles.

Volkswagen has produced larger and larger cars as well. If you compare a Volkswagen Gold from 1985, for example, to a Volkswagen Golf from 2015, you easily notice a growth of size.

Biggest Car in the World Final Thoughts

When buying a car, be it large or middle size, we all want comfort and the space we have inside our vehicle is part of that. The alarming aspect of the growth of car space, however, is that more spacious cars are preferred by larger drivers. Statistically, in the last 25 years not only cars have increased in size, but people got bigger as well. Is there a correlation between obesity and massive car production? If you have any thoughts or comments on cars getting bigger over the years, don’t hesitate to drop us a line in the comment box below.

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