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Can't find it right now, but this reminds me of that one video about the Citroën C15 (or a similar car) basically asking "Do you really need a car bigger than this?" and showing off how the C15 can transport multiple cows and go cross country and such.
Sell me a Station Wagon with third row seating, or damn-near-anything that seats three in the front row today. You can't.
I wish!!!
As a person who lives in upstate New York / the rust belt, this would be catastrophic for traffic in the winter. And actually the CUVs on each side are more fuel efficient, have less emissions, and are significantly safer than the 90s car. Looks can be deceiving.
suv's where big in the 90's so I don't get this.
I was hit by a car a few years ago. I actually died and needed CPR to keep my heart going a few times. If it had been an SUV, there'd have been nothing to do. I would have just been gone.
I say that, but, at the same time, I think being tall requires an SUV. Little sedans are too close to the ground, and they're too hard to get out of them. The whole world is designed around someone who is 5'5". Its a struggle to fit into that as someone who is almost a foot taller than that. Getting off of short furniture is difficult on my knees (especially as I'm getting older), so I could only imagine getting out of a sedan that is so close to the ground like the one in the picture. The SUV (even for all its environmental wastes in its usage) is something that a tall person can easily fit into and get in/out of.
It's almost like the world was designed backwards: we need taller furniture (something I use more often than a car) but more efficient cars.
Oh well . . ..
