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How Big Is a Car?

A car is about 16 ft (4.8 m) long. That is 10 ft (3.09 m) more than the height of the average man (5 ft 7 in). A typical midsize car.

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How big is a car compared to the average man?

A car's length is 10 ft (3.09 m) more than the height of the average man (5 ft 7 in).

Car (Sedan) length in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A car measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	15 ft 9 in
Inches	189 in
Centimeters	480 cm
Meters	4.8 m

Car (Sedan) size facts

A midsize sedan is about 4.8 meters (16 ft) long and 1.45 meters tall.

How does a car compare to other things?

A car next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Car (sedan)
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	290 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	2.65 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	1,840× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	68.8× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	24 ft (7.4 m) bigger
Stonehenge	24 ft (7.3 m)	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) bigger
Ankylosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	7 ft 3 in (220 cm) bigger
Dilophosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	7 ft 3 in (220 cm) bigger
Pteranodon	20 ft (6 m) long	3 ft 11 in (120 cm) bigger
Pickup truck	19 ft (5.9 m) long	3 ft 7 in (110 cm) bigger
Giraffe	17 ft (5.2 m)	1 ft 3.5 in (40 cm) bigger
Saltwater crocodile	17 ft (5.2 m) long	1 ft 3.5 in (40 cm) bigger
Green anaconda	17 ft (5.2 m) long	1 ft 3.5 in (40 cm) bigger
Quetzalcoatlus	16 ft (5 m)	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
SUV	16 ft (4.9 m) long	3.9 in (10 cm) bigger
Great white shark	15 ft (4.6 m) long	7.9 in (20 cm) smaller
Pachycephalosaurus	15 ft (4.5 m) long	12 in (30 cm) smaller
Great hammerhead	13 ft (4 m) long	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) smaller
White rhinoceros	13 ft (3.9 m) long	2 ft 11.5 in (90 cm) smaller
Tiger shark	12 ft (3.7 m) long	3 ft 7 in (110 cm) smaller
Hippopotamus	11 ft (3.5 m) long	4 ft 3 in (130 cm) smaller
African elephant	10 ft (3.2 m)	5 ft 3 in (160 cm) smaller
Woolly mammoth	10 ft (3.2 m)	5 ft 3 in (160 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	10 ft (3.09 m) smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	3× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.