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How the automobile industry turned us into SUV drivers (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of large SUVs are unibody.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Plenty of large "tall station wagons" are unibody. About the only legitimately capable offroad 4x4s I know of that are unibody are the Jeep Cherokee (the old one) ~~and maybe something like a Suzuki Jimny~~ (edit: nope, even that tiny thing is body-on-frame).

(Consider the difference between a (unibody) Toyota Highlander and a (body-on-frame) Toyota 4Runner, for example: only the latter is a "real" SUV, in terms of being capable off-road.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You've unilaterally decided that "AN SUV MUST BE BODY ON FRAME!" and that's just not the case.