All of the benefits of driving big cars, as I have previously argued, are illusory. The benefit is pretty simple - they are bigger. I have a Prius and a Mazda

All of the benefits of driving big cars, as I have previously argued, are illusory. The benefit is pretty simple - they are bigger. I have a Prius and a Mazda CX-9 (somewhere from a mid-size to large SUV). I also have a wife and three kids. For daily use the Prius is fine, but if we go on vacation and there are 1.5 or so items of luggage per person, the Prius really doesn't work any more and we need to take the SUV.