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SUVs Now Account More Than Half Of All Cars Sales In Europe (www.motor1.com)

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[–] PP_BOY_ 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

SUV?

Unibody

IFS

Usually 2WD, sometimes AWD

[–] cuntonabike 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah a European “SUV” is usually a Golf with raised suspension, whose internal room, worse handling, worse fuel economy. They are completely pointless.

[–] umulu 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Agree. Which is why it's even more stupid to own one.

People who have a big family get a minivan.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Minivan have more space in the same volume. They are really good

[–] PP_BOY_ 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A proper SUV would probably be the better option here. How much lifetime waste do you think is generated through those constant AWD, unreliable, unrepairable, plastic unibody POSs versus a 2WD parts-swappable SUV?

[–] cuntonabike 1 points 9 months ago

Don’t really think AWD is an issue, personally. It has a lot of benefits with minimal drawbacks.