SUVs accounted for nearly half of all car sales globally last year – or did they?
Is the Tesla Model Y an SUV? If you were, say, an activist against urban-dwelling 4x4s, would you be inclined to put a narky sticker on the windscreen of one or pop a lentil into one of its tyre valves so that it would get a flat? I ask because the popularity of SUVs has hit new heights. Automotive data firm Jato Dynamics has announced that global sales of them rose 16% last year to 36.72 million, or 47% of all new cars sold. In many developed markets, SUVs are now the dominant models.
Rather than having rough-road ambitions, a modern SUV is often just a roomier car than a traditional saloon, estate or hatchback with a seating position that’s easier to slide into, better visibility, more head room, more luggage space and, if the seating is more upright, more leg room. All of these things are appealing to families. This means that all an SUV is today is the customer-acceptable face of a Citroën Picasso or Ford Galaxy.
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