Scott Madin

#BanSUVshttps://twitter.com/bradplumer/status/1386739418057293834 …

even all the way back in the mid-1990s a high school teacher of mine habitually described SUVs as "a massive fraud perpetrated on the American people by the auto industry," and, to put it mildly, the situation has not improved in the intervening quarter-century.

there are two groups of people who buy SUVs: one, accounting for the vast majority, is people who would be better served by a minivan, station wagon, or even sedan or coupe. the other, rather smaller, is people who would be better served by a pickup truck.

At this point a full crew-cab pickup is the same inside carrying capacity as at least 2/3 of an average SUV

pickups have gotten incredibly bloated, too, but that's a whole separate issue. like, an F-150 from 1990 is fully half the size of a 2020 model.

I mean, all cars have gotten bigger, even the ones that are officially in the “compact” category Says the lady driving the Corolla that’s strictly speaking larger than her mother’s mid-90s full size Volvo was