• Ertebolle
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    10 months ago

    “SUVs” in a lot of cases are just raised hatchbacks on what are essentially regular ol’ car platforms; nobody’s going off-roading in a dang CR-V.

    (that doesn’t do any favors for their fuel efficiency though)

    • UltraMagnus0001
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      910 months ago

      SUVs of their car counterparts drive like shit. Sure the Porche SUV drives nice, but the 911 drives wayyyy better. I’d take a wagon over an suv and just use snow tires when needed.

      It’s been tested that an suv with regular tires and AWD can’t perform as well as a 2WD version with snow tires. With All seasons the snow performance is marginally better than snow tires.

      https://youtu.be/atayHQYqA3g?si=7bnIVKH0EMno8Ahl

    • Zorque
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      810 months ago

      Thats a more recent trend, SUVs used to be more like suburbans and escalades, basically trucks with seats retrofitted into the bed area.

    • ninjakitty7
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      210 months ago

      I think the word for that is a “crossover”. Is there actually a smaller version of the CRV frame?

      • @cdrwil@lemmy.ml
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        310 months ago

        IIRC the accord is on the same frame as the CRV. At least thats what I heard about the current generation