"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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On 08 Apr 2021 at 20:47:30 BST, JNugent wrote:

On 07/04/2021 03:41 pm, GB wrote:
On 07/04/2021 15:03, T i m wrote:

Talking of inconsiderate people g, it seems there is a report that
has suggested the SUV's are the top 10 vehicles in the list of most
polluting vehicles used in cities and the owners the least likely to
take them (inc the 4WD ones) off road.

The reason they are so high on the list is that the marketing is the
most aggressive because the profit margins are the greatest.

People don't 'need' these SUVs (in the main and especially in the
inner city) but are made to believe they do by the marketing.
They get used for the school run. Half a dozen yummies take turns
picking up and dropping off each other's children, and so they need
fairly large vehicles to fit them all in. A people carrier or large SUV
fits the bill.

I know this has come up before (in other NGs), but in fact, are these
"SUVs" really any bigger (wider / longer) in footprint than very ordinary
cars from makers such as Skoda, Peugeot, Citroen, Vauxhall and Ford?

They appear to be taller.

Not only appear to be, they actually are much taller.

Not sure if they're wider door-handle to door-handle.

They are than the smallest cars most manufacturers have.

I can sleep on the back seat sideways across the car
with normal cars but not with the smallest models
most have like the Getz and Jazz.