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God I can't stand rental car companies. My Passat is in rehab and I am currently renting a car for most of this week. Ordered an "Intermediate" at a popular rental company (hint: they picked me up), which should be a car the size of a Honda Civic. Was offered two choices a Nissan Note (which would be a downgrade, no thanks!) or a Kia Soul, which according to rental car company land is a "Standard" size (Standards are typically the size of a Toyota Camry). I took the Soul (more like Soul-less). What an uncomfortable, under-powered, ugly shitbox. 
Rental car companies have different standards than the rest of us when it comes to size and classifications. When I tried to rent that Focus Station Wagon, they also offered a Ford Taurus and classified it as a Large car! The Crown Vic was a "luxury car." Now I like the Crown Vic, and I know that back in the day it was a marque of prestige, but those days are long gone, even though they had some upper scale models at the time.