Strictly based on looks, CUVs are ugly, and yet I see so many of them. I don’t get why people like how they look or why this body style is so popular.
Edit: CUV = Crossover Utility Vehcile
I miss small station wagons. Not SUVs posing as them either…ala Subaru Outback. All of the benefits of a car for efficiency (size, ride height, fuel efficiency) plus the added storage of the rear which generally is more than CUVs. My VW golf wagon has more storage than a CRV for instance. It will be a while before I part with that car!
I agree and I don’t know why they’re popular. Though, this is an opinion I have for most modern cars. I love the body styles from the 50’s, 60’s and somewhat from the 70’s.
Hum… Ok… It’s Crossover Utilitarian Vehicle, at first I thought the C stood for “compact” and was wondering what new abomination the US bred that managed to be newspeak-like named “compact”.
So, it’s a normal car adapted to look like an SUV… I mean, in what world this could ever lead to anything good?
Station wagons were the shit. I bet a company would make a lot of money if it started producing them again.
Strictly based on looks ignores a lot of other aspects of the car. I always appreciated small cars, but a recent injury made climbing in and out of my little car excruciating. A friend gave me a ride in a CUV, and I didn’t even clench my jaw getting into it. I’m now entertaining the idea of getting one myself.
That’s why I said esthetically speaking, but they could make cars that are easier to get into that look a lot better, too.
Well then I think you answered your own question.
I don’t get why people like how they look or why this body style is so popular.
If they aren’t buying them for their looks, they are buying them for other reasons. Reasons such as comfort, function, or practicality.
But then why make them look that way? They could surely make a body style that fits all of the requirements without looking awful, too. There’s nothing special about that particular body style that allows all of those things.
As a big and tall guy, I’ve been uncomfortable in most cars my entire life, especially as cars conformed more and more to the average person. The additional headroom of CUV form factor is a huge improvement in comfort. I always preferred cars but my Subaru Forester (CUV) was a revelation that cars could be comfortable and easy to use. Now, if only we could do something with leg room.
For those yelling minivan - nope. They are a visual monstrosity but practical as all hell. However at least the one we had, had horrible leg room. It had more of that upright seating like you see in a truck, that was just uncomfortable plus the only way to fix it is to raise the seat but there wasn’t sufficient headroom for that
When I was a kid, my Dad was able to order station wagons with the seat rails mounted back a little for leg room, but that capability is long gone.
Although I have to say my new Tesla has got it right. I have sufficient headroom and leg room for the first time since my Dad’s station wagon half a century ago. My biggest hesitation for Tesla was how difficult they are to get in but the model Y (the “CUV”) makes a huge difference over the Model 3 and even the S.
I can appreciate the room/head height of CUVs, but they don’t need to look the way they do to accommodate that. There are a lot of other form factors that would suffice. CUVs look the way they do because car companies think that this is the look people want. Whether it is or not, I’m not sure.
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OP hasn’t seen the Crosstrek.
It’s one of the least ugly CUVs I’ve seen. It kind of looks like a hatchback with big tires to me. Still not my cup of tea, though.
