Car review: Hyundai Staria is boxy and proud of it

The Hyundai Staria is a mountain of a car, measuring 5.2m long, nearly 2m wide and just under 2m tall. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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SINGAPORE - Cars have grown so much bigger in the last few decades, with several executive models approaching 5m in length - up from 4.7m in the 1980s.

But cars have not necessarily become much roomier.

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