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> We need to recognize that, at least for some SUVs, there are genuine, non-overcompensating use cases. For the things I think of as SUVs, I don't think there
by jjav 3y ago
> We need to recognize that, at least for some SUVs, there are genuine, non-overcompensating use cases.
For the things I think of as SUVs, I don't think there is any legitimate use case to be honest.
Big SUVs often have less interior room than a sedan or station wagon so interior room is not a use case. They have way less cargo capacity than a pickup so that's not a use case either. They fit less people than a van, so fail again. They are top-heavy and not nimble, another fail. I don't understand the point of SUVs.
I definitely would not support any kind of SUV ban simply because I don't believe in bans, to each their own, but just make a SUV-license require a lot more training which will discourage most soccer-moms/dads from wanting one.
You say Subaru Outback though. I would have never called that a SUV. It's a wagon. I do see the Subaru website calls it a SUV, which I find weird. I guess the definition of SUV has broadened to mean just about anything.
- jghn 3y agoA friend has a recent model outback. Compared the the outbacks of 20 years ago it seems huge. I didn’t believe him at first that it was an outback.
- danaris 3y ago> You say Subaru Outback though. I would have never called that a SUV. It's a wagon. Well, that makes your definition of an SUV pretty useless for trying to actually change policy or culture, then. We have to work with the definitions of things that actually exist in the world, not the ones we make up in our heads.
- jjav 3y ago> We have to work with the definitions of things that actually exist in the world, not the ones we make up in our heads. Yes we should, ideally. The word station wagon has meant that form factor in a car for over a hundred years (apparently around 1910, from some light searching). It's annoying that some marketing person suddently decided to call a station wagon a SUV now that SUV is the hip thing.
- CRConrad 3y agoOTOH, perhaps thinking of the Subaru Outback as a SUV just shows you have let a couple of decades of SUV propaganda make up the definition of "SUV" you have in your head for you. It's not like it's anywhere near a Dodge Ram in looks and design, is it? (OTGH, if it is, then maybe I'm mixing up the Outback with other Subaru models we have more of over here.)