No room for a wheelchair

We discovered the other day, much to our surprise that a standard wheelchair will not fit easily into the boot (in USA I believe you call it a “trunk”) of many regular sized cars. Realising this deficiency in the manufacturer’s design and the customer’s requirements and needs, we were astonished, and hence started our own personal survey. We took my wheelchair along to a car showroom, and tried putting it in the boot of several cars on show. To the amazement of the sales lady and us, only the very large cars had a boot big enough to accommodate my wheelchair. When reading the highly glossed shiny prospect of a new car, one’s mind boggles at all the intricate details and information they give the potential customer, but nowhere does it state if a wheelchair will fit into the boot! We have a relatively small car, and yet my wheelchair fits easily and comfortably into the boot, leaving the back seat free for passengers. Many cars we saw were larger than our car, and yet poorly designed as far as the boot is concerned, and no matter how we tried, my wheelchair would not go in. Maybe the English popular television programme “Top Gear” would like to pick up on this topic and bring it to the manufacturer’s attention, where Jeremy Clarkson I’m sure would do a grand job!