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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 2 years ago (22 children)

There ARE valid reasons for SUVs.

no. not really.

Professionals who need something with storage space for work use vans.

People who need to also transport a wheelchair will use a different car, that is not terribly to get in and out of.

SUVs have 0 reasons to exist, especially outside the US

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I'm not really understanding, what makes the US different in this regard?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (9 children)

the onyl reason they exist in the US is because a regulations loophole.

The EU doesn't have that loophole, so SUVs don't even have that reason to exist. Which you can see, as SUVs are super rare in the EU, while they top all car sales ranks in the US in the last couple years

[–] gorogorochan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Threeme2189@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Just looks like a slightly raised sedan to me. Shrug

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