Scott Madin

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

oh I know, that's the whole scam. you get people used to buying model X, and over time you make model X bigger and more expensive, and eventually make room at the bottom of the lineup for a new model Y, which is the size X started out at.

Remember what a 1980 Honda Civic looked like? I think my 2007 Chevy hatchback B-car was slightly bigger!