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Well, the shift to SUVs happened in the US because of increased standards for gas mileage. Pickups and other trucks are exempt from those requirements so the car companies started putting passenger car bodies on truck frames to avoid having to make them more fuel efficient. Boom, SUVs out the wazoo. And they're not a better alternative, they can't haul like a truck nor do they handle as well as a car due to the high center of gravity. They are bastard stepchildren and it shows. Me, I love my Subaru Outback old school wagon style. Comfortable, I can put a shit ton of stuff in it like all three dogs and camping gear or a million bags of potting soil and it handles and corners like it was on rails. I'm not interested in giving in and getting one of those overly tall tippymobiles any time soon, especially as I have zero need for third row seating.
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