SUVs are not actually desired by consumers. All other options were deleted.
Customers didn’t demand SUVs. They were pushed into SUVs because of government blunders in the fuel economy regulations. They put trucks in a totally different category that rapidly reduced MPG requirements as the vehicle gets bigger. So the automakers just made really big trucks and put carbodies on them and advertised like mad.
Consider
A classic full-size wagon like a Caprice Classic or Buick Roadmaster
Full size sedans like Caprice, Parisienne, LTD Crown Vic, etc. Which can tow like freaks, BTW.
Small pickups like S-10 or Ranger(unavailable, so they buy large pickups)
All those were murdered by aforementioned government blunder. But with EVs, the MPG requirements are irrelevant. Any automaker could bring back the great station wagons tomorrow as long as they make them electric.
Those options aren’t really that practical. Parking a caprice is absurd. Classic wagons are still huge. Subaru really screwed up not making their EV an outback copy. I’d be all over that. But that is much smaller than a classic wagon. We’re currently driving a Corolla rental and it is unusable for us as a daily car. Back seat is tiny, trunk is huge. I need passenger space. SUVs have bigger backseats, at least ours do. Also taller space for packing cargo. I’ll never own a sedan again- CUV, SUV, whatever an outback is- those are all much better organized.
SUVs are not actually desired by consumers. All other options were deleted. Customers didn’t demand SUVs. They were pushed into SUVs because of government blunders in the fuel economy regulations. They put trucks in a totally different category that rapidly reduced MPG requirements as the vehicle gets bigger. So the automakers just made really big trucks and put carbodies on them and advertised like mad. Consider
Those options aren’t really that practical. Parking a caprice is absurd. Classic wagons are still huge. Subaru really screwed up not making their EV an outback copy. I’d be all over that. But that is much smaller than a classic wagon. We’re currently driving a Corolla rental and it is unusable for us as a daily car. Back seat is tiny, trunk is huge. I need passenger space. SUVs have bigger backseats, at least ours do. Also taller space for packing cargo. I’ll never own a sedan again- CUV, SUV, whatever an outback is- those are all much better organized.