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And yet, WRT your last paragraph, SUVs still sell, so there remains some kind of market for swiss-army-knife-cars.
by VLM 10y ago
And yet, WRT your last paragraph, SUVs still sell, so there remains some kind of market for swiss-army-knife-cars.
- mikeash 10y agoThe vast majority of SUVs on the roads are just larger cars. They're minivans without the stigma of sliding doors.
- techdmn 10y agoWhich is too bad, because sliding doors are one of their best features. As a parent, I've taken to parking next to minivans at the grocery store and whatnot, because I know how careful kids typically are when opening doors. Sliding doors = no dings.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI've driven a minivan, and I've driven a few SUVs, and even before I was a parent, I knew that I'd much rather have a minivan than an SUV. Now I just have to fight my wife about it, who'd rather have a small SUV...
- andyjdavis 10y agoSmall SUVs are curious things. Being large would seem to be somewhat essential to the function and nature of an SUV. Making it small would seem to make it just a regular car but with external styling that mimics the look of an SUV...
- mikeash 10y agoThat styling tricks people into thinking they have more space.
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