Can anyone explain the logic of SUV vehicles?

[JustTheGent]

It hasn't been successfully achieved yet. They simply don't make sense.

It's a bit like the Captain Tom thing and the Wagatha Christie case. I still don't get the latter by the way, no one could explain it. The Captain Tom thing did unravel where it did begin to make sense. But it was initially something that couldn't be explained.

Anyway, just a note - please don't complicate this any further by bringing the letters E & V to the SUV conundrum.

 

[Zoophonic]

I won’t complicate the thread any further by not answering your ridiculous rhetorical question then.

 

[The Disciple]

They’re for intimidating people in small cars i think

 

[BaronSmoggie]

This is why alcohol and the internet shouldn't mix.

 

[Priv]

I have one because I have to drive across roads like this to get to my daughters school and where our horses are kept.

 

[gramercy]

I have one because I like it.

The agenda that people seem to have against them is misguided.
The equivalent saloon version of mine, weighs roughly the same, has the same dimensions barring height and has roughly the same economy figures.
In the eyes of the media one is evil and one is ok.

 

[borolad259]

The answer is usually in the UV bit, rather than the S.

 

[Chris_Boro]

Playing Tennis while driving, duh.

 

[redcarbob]

I have one because I’m considerably richer than yow

 

[Beverleyred]

Try owning/driving one, you might find your answer. The clever technology in some SUV’s make carrying bulky items a doddle, like a Honda HRV for example.

 

[HolgateCorner]

I have one because I have to drive across roads like this to get to my daughters school and where our horses are kept.

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Have you thought about moving out of the river?

 

[El Guapo]

I have one because I like it.

The agenda that people seem to have against them is misguided.
The equivalent saloon version of mine, weighs roughly the same, has the same dimensions barring height and has roughly the same economy figures.
In the eyes of the media one is evil and one is ok.

The saloon sounds tragic

 

[El Guapo]

I have one because I have to drive across roads like this to get to my daughters school and where our horses are kept.

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Those horses are small Ted.

 

[zzzzz]

I drive in muddy fields.
That wouldnt be easy in a Corsa.

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

The higher driving position is good, feels weird now in a saloon type car.

 

[afcb_acklam]

when I see ridiculous oversized, expensive, black vehicles clogging up the countrys roads, I see it as the drivers equivalent of my love of micropubs & craft beer. a symbol of modern societys madness - driven by fashion, corporate pressure, the US, not a lot of self-awareness, & general shallowness & lack of brain. we literally have more money than sense. some of the justifications are as bad as the ones I conjure up for my expensive drinking habit. yeeeehaaaaaaaa!

 

[Nano]

The driving position is much better and they show for extra boot space without looking weirdly long like an estate does.

The real reason they are popular is people want a bigger car and it's a way for manufacturers to sell the same size cars they always have by making them look bigger.

Most of them aren't oversized or clogging up country roads. They have the same footprint as the smaller models they are designed from.

 

[SmallTown]

I drive in muddy fields.
That wouldnt be easy in a Corsa.

You just need AWD and decent tyres. NOT an SUV. Most little SUV are FWD and as useless off road as anything. It's a complete fallacy that SUV = Off road ability

 

[speckyget]

I consider SUV drivers to share a similar ethical code to people who sit on other peoples' shoulders at Glastonbury.

 

[SmallTown]

The higher driving position is good, feels weird now in a saloon type car.

I hear this a lot and it's something I've never grasped. I guess it's because I grew up loving cars and knowing that a low down driving position = sporty dynamics and therefore that always feels better to me. I don't get the "high driving position" argument at all.