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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob
I think that humans must have an instinct requiring vehicles to be able to carry a family. I have filled four seats exactly once since 1985. Even my mother chose two door cars. Pickup trucks are also very popular in North America.
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...or friends, or strangers.
I've filled my car, and I mean filled, at least 5 times helping strangers get home when they got stranded. One time was about 10 people in my Subaru Legacy when a Dodge Durango caught fire in the woods and burned to the frame. Other times are providing a lift to hikers or rafters back to their cars.
I average about once per week having friends in the back seat... planning to fill the bed of my truck with kayaks and friends this afternoon for the lake.
That said, a coupe can fit people in the back, it's just less easy. I never minded it, but then the people I'm giving rides to are all able-bodied. Heck, I hear people saying they are uninterested in a sedan because it's difficult/painful to ingress/egress, and therefore justify a CUV/SUV.