I counted cars at a stop light and everything was a crossover, SUV, or pickup truck. Closest thing to a sedan was a Corolla, which is now a hatchback!

  • Deebster@infosec.pub
    58·
    25 days ago

    I’m guessing this is from the US perspective, since that’s not at all the European experience.

    • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      25 days ago

      I still think of a Ford Mondeo, but the most common vehicles in Europe are more likely the Ford Fiesta, VW Golf, Renault Clio, Peugeot 208, Fiat Panda etc.

      • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
        21·
        25 days ago

        I don’t think you are aware of the huge difference in size between massive US SUVs and the models sold in the rest of the world.

        • makeshift0546@lemmy.today
          2·
          24 days ago

          No, you just assuming everyone is driving a 3 row or truck.

          An x5 is a fucking x5 minus some engine configurations and minor details.

        • sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip
          2·
          24 days ago

          The biggest US market SUVs are huge, yes, but the SUV market as a whole is skewed heavily towards small SUV “crossovers,” basically as a replacement for sedans that are disappearing (probably due to a complex set of fuel efficiency regulations that perversely incentivize making bigger vehicles to get away with less fuel efficiency).

          Our most popular models are the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, Chevy Equinox, Tesla Model Y, and Chevy Trax. 4 out of the 5 are smaller and lighter than, say, a BMW X3, and the Model Y (which is also a somewhat popular model in Europe) is about the same size as the BMW. So if X3s and Model Ys are representative of the typical SUV in Europe, then the most popular American SUVs are smaller.

          Even driving up next to our most popular sedan, the Toyota Camry, shows that these crossover SUVs aren’t actually longer or even taller at the highest point, just tend to be taller in the back to have a rear tailgate instead of a separate trunk compartment.

  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
    3·
    24 days ago

    I have a project vehicle, and I struggle to figure out what “type” of vehicle it is.

    It’s a Suzuki Samurai. What is that? Jeep guys get offended if you call it that, its a solid-axle body on frame vehicle so “car” doesnt seem right, and its not a truck.

    I just say its a car. Sometimes its a “Weeaboo Jeep”.

    • xoggy@programming.devOPEnglish
      2·
      24 days ago

      I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one of these… Looks like it has gotten tossed around between being classified as a kei-car, compact SUV, and truck. Even the Wikipedia article isn’t sure what to do with it.

  • Professorozone@lemmy.world
    2·
    24 days ago

    Ummm, cross-overs, trucks and SUVs aren’t cars. That’s probably why we think of sedans. You probably mean when someone references the vehicle they drive as a car, we think of a sedan and that would be because that someone should not have said “car” when referencing what they drive.