It's not black-and-white. Most SUVs around there aren't based on trucks or minivans. Over the last decade or so people are increasingly preferring SUVs. Most

It's not black-and-white. Most SUVs around there aren't based on trucks or minivans. Over the last decade or so people are increasingly preferring SUVs. Most of these are soft-roaders, and not trucks or minivans. They aren't very capable off the road. Some of them aren't even 4/AWD, and most are monocoques and not body-on-frames.