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Old 04-22-2021, 09:40 AM   #60 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
Your Geo Metro has 6.3 inches of ground clearance. That is more than a Chevy Trax which only has 6.2 inches of ground clearance.
The Metro was fairly extreme for its ground clearance in its cohort.

Also, mine FORMERLY had 6.3" of clearance... :P





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Chevy Trax which only has 6.2 inches of ground clearance.
The Chevy Trax is probably illustrative of the trend of going from a car to a CUV/Crossover format. It's built on the Sonic platform/chassis, which had 4.9" ground clearance.

I'd wager if you compared clearance for CUV's developed from car platforms, the majority (if not all) are jacked up relative to the car they're based on.
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