my daughter-in-laws 2017 Ford 150 4x4 has more interior room than her 2011 Ford Explorer had plus the 150 has the 6 ft box.
Don't Hate the Crossover Craze
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my daughter-in-laws 2017 Ford 150 4x4 has more interior room than her 2011 Ford Explorer had plus the 150 has the 6 ft box.
Don't care how they are to drive, Stevie Wonder is obviously the designer, all varying degrees of dreadful. Like mini vans, yes I owned one when the kids were small, they are a necessary evil. I call them diaper mobiles, either you have kids wearing them or you are wearing them. Why would I own one, especially now that the Challenger GT awd is out? No good reason that I can think of.
The Difference between 1938 and 1958 isn't "Harley Earl"... its dirt roads vs. paved roads. Cars were tall in 1938 because nobody had money to buy a car (so the designs didn't change much in the previous 10 years) and the roads still sucked.
Ten years after postwar ex servicemen built paved roads all across US, you could build low slung cars and not get high centered on the way to the grocery store.
Ten years after postwar ex servicemen built paved roads all across US, you could build low slung cars and not get high centered on the way to the grocery store.
This is my position on them. Sure they don't have the capacity or capability of a real SUV, but they have more capacity and capability than a sedan, which is what they are largely replacing. Yeah the styling is pretty bland, but they are very ergonomic, have good road/seating position, get good gas mileage, most have AWD (at least as an option), and they still can carry a lot more cargo than a sedan. They are Swiss army knives, not great at anything, but good enough at everything.
I love my 4x4 pickup trucks and I love big sedans, and I love station wagons too, but these vehicles are obviously serving their owners well or they wouldn't be selling the way they are. Why hate on them?
My wife drives an AWD Toyota Venza (you'll probably have to Google it) and it's been a great all around vehicle. Perfect car for 4 adults to comfortably take on a road trip with all their gear. Hell, the rear seats even recline and it has limo leg room in the back. It's great for camping, pulls a small trailer and motorcycles with ease, kills it in the snow, and can pull off mid 30s mpg on back roads. What's not to like? She's already thinking about the next one in a couple years and I'll probably take over hers for work. I've got plenty of other fun cars but this one just does it's daily work so well that I can't say a bad thing about it.
When Toyota came out the Venza, GM was still doing stupid stuff like putting Camaro styling cues on their crossover SUV's for "branding". The Venza is nicely styled vehicle designed by an actual car designer and not a committee headed by a "branding manager" with a BA in public relations... and people wonder why GM went bankrupt. I don't.
And WOMEN are the driver of the "Crossover Craze". Once a woman gets a "Tall Car" she will never go back to a regular car.
For 2018, however, GM is back. 3-4 years from now I will be shopping for used car deals on 2018 GM's.
The Venza and the Honda Crosstour were my two favorites, although both are now out of production. If I had to pick a new crossover today, I'd probably go with a Subaru Outback or Forester (Subaru has that bitchin AWD setup and boxer engines, plus almost 9" of ground clearance), though the latest CR-V is not bad looking and pretty luxurious inside.
For 2018, the Chevy Traverse has a handgun vault behind the infotainment screen, wifi and wireless charging cell phone docking station.
Bob Lutz said today the New Cadillac "Super Cruise" will drive you from Chicago to NY "hands free" TODAY. Won't be long before that will be in everything, so I may hold off on an SUV purchase for a while, since interstate trips is the main reason we have one. My record with the family is 1,350 miles (Southlake, TX to DC) in one day (the 1,320 going Ft Lauderdale to Southlake, TX was a close second). Super cruise should make that trip easier.
Bob Lutz said today the New Cadillac "Super Cruise" will drive you from Chicago to NY "hands free" TODAY. Won't be long before that will be in everything, so I may hold off on an SUV purchase for a while, since interstate trips is the main reason we have one. My record with the family is 1,350 miles (Southlake, TX to DC) in one day (the 1,320 going Ft Lauderdale to Southlake, TX was a close second). Super cruise should make that trip easier.
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