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Not sure how fair of a comparison that is given how much of what makes that vehicle go is not in that bay, but an example more of what he's talking about...

A relative drives an old truck. This is more or less his engine bay: https://www.onallcylinders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ch...

I've walked into his garage and found him inside the engine bay with a stool, sitting down and working on something.

Where-as I drive a newer car, and this is similar to mine: https://i.redd.it/4ks75mma4pmb1.jpg

It's definitely not a hard and fast rule for everything. You'll find older cars with head scratching design and poor engine bays. And newer cars with more room and sensible design than you'd expect. But as a general rule from experience the exceptions seem to be mostly outliers.

There's basically nothing you can even work on in there though.

Rich Benoit would disagree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAMczraBIM