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Can we just fucking STOP doing SUVs please? And huge trucks. And all the rest of that oversized garbage.
Most of these these new SUVs aren't huge SUVs of the 90s - like Ford Explorer. They're basically the new station wagon but barely larger than a sedan like a Camry.
A crossover is a station wagon but the entire thing is raised up for no reason. It's funny how averse the public is to driving a minivan. I drove one as a rental for a week and it was snappy, convenient, comfortable, and could hold a ton of stuff or people.
Minivans' case isn't really helped here in Europe by the fact that they're cheap econoboxes with 2 liter or smaller engines. The Chrysler minivan with its V6 is just about the only exception. And the Mercedes one, but that hasn't been available in well over a decade. We don't get the Sienna or the Odyssey for example.