Video goes viral showing American car struggling to navigate British roads due to its sheer size
Published on Sep 06, 2025 at 7:43 PM (UTC+4)
by Molly Davidson
Last updated on Sep 02, 2025 at 5:04 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
An iconic American car has rolled into an awkward kind of viral spotlight.
It happened on a small British street where patience is thin and space is even thinner.
The kind of setting where locals know every hedge and corner by muscle memory.
Drop in a machine built for highways, and things get interesting fast.
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An American car meets a UK street
The clip comes from Instagram, posted by @harrys.carmedia, and at first glance it’s car-spotter gold: a ‘60s era Dodge Charger pulls into view.
Long, loud, unapologetic.
But then it tries to make a right turn.
The car swings wide, crosses both lanes, and finds itself pulling up onto the sidewalk on the other side of the road – unable to make the turn in one, clean swoop.
Traffic builds up as the driver shuffles the wheel and finally muscles it around.
Viewers joked in the comments that the Dodge had ‘the turning circle of the QE2.’
One person added that spotting an American car on British streets was ‘like seeing a boat on land.’
There were those who felt bad for the driver, countering that the car’s ‘not too big… the roads are just too small.’
And that really is the heart of it – a culture clash on four wheels.
When the road is smaller than the car
The truth is, British roads just aren’t built for this.
A 1968 Charger stretches over 17 feet long and about 6 foot 5 inches wide.
Drop that on a street that’s often just 18-20 feet across curb-to-curb, add parked hatchbacks chewing up space, and you’ve basically recreated a three-point turn every time the car wants to leave the driveway.
For comparison, a Ford Fiesta – the UK’s bread-and-butter commuter car – is barely 5 foot 8 inches wide.
That size gap is all it takes.
One corner, one Charger, and suddenly the internet is arguing over whether it’s the driver or the road to blame.
Either way, the car won, because nothing goes viral faster than American muscle spotted somewhere it shouldn’t be.
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Molly Davidson is a Junior Content Writer at Supercar Blondie. Based in Melbourne, she holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law from Swinburne University and a Master’s of Writing and Publishing from RMIT. Molly has contributed to a range of magazines and journals, developing a strong interest in lifestyle and car news content. When she’s not writing, she’s spending quality time with her rescue English staffy, Boof.
