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Originally Posted by some_other_dave
I vividly remember one car commercial: A guy is in the gym, and an announcement is made over the speakers: "There's a tan minivan with its lights on." He looks around, obviously hoping nobody sees him, and then gets up. Presumably to turn his lights out.
The ad was for some SUV or another. Basically saying that minivans were something to be ashamed of driving, but SUVs of course were butch and manly and you should buy one of ours right now, you wimp!
For most people, SUVs are minivans that look butch and are marginally less useful.
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I like minivans, even though I don't hate SUVs at all. But anyway, I'd rather get a forward-control 4WD van instead of most SUVs. What bothers me is how the SUV craze has led most automakers into phasing out anything else. Even some Chinese automakers, nowadays most of their export offers is also revolving around SUVs.