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Toyota's new electric SUVs are catching on, with nearly 5,000 sold in August (electrek.co)
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[–] [B] 25 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

can we stop with SUVs, they are the worst fucking kind of a car, why the fuck do so many people buy these, they have almost no fucking advantages

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

    why the fuck do so many people buy these

    If a sedan is not good for you (or you don't like them) there is basically no choice left... hatchbacks are going extinct in North America

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Station wagons. 😢

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    with Toyota's line up today, that would be the bZ Woodland which is the biggest of the bZ lineup

    all cars are just growing in North America

    9 years ago, I wanted the C-HR but my daughter was too small and could not reach her window in the back seat… today, the C-HR is bigger than the Rav4 back then and the Rav4 today is as big as the Highlander back then

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Household of 4+, desire to bring outdoor equipment when traveling, tall genetics?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    An SUV is essentially a shitty mini van that gets worse fuel efficiency and has less room, but can sort of go off road better, even though 95% of people who get an SUV will never go off road.

    Also, like half of what companies call SUVs now are actually just station wagons.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    *shitty station wagons with worse fuel efficiency, often can't actually go off-road better, and worse crash safety metrics for all involved because they roll easier and are way heavier

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Compact SUVs like those discussed in the article are fine. It's the full size SUVs like the suburban or Yukon that are the problem. The fully electric bZ weighs between 4000-4400lbs, where an ICE Suburban is almost 6000lbs, sits much higher up making it harder to see the ground around you, is 8 inches wider than the bZ (81.1 vs 73.2), taking up more road space/bike lane space.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Consumer fashion is hard to gauge, but people like SUVs because Americans are getting fatter and older and it's easier to get in/out of them over a typical sedan. But American car fashion is irrational, they refused to buy station wagons at one point, then hatchbacks got a negative connotation. It seems anything actually practical is not cool, but only in one country.

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