It’s more of a naming change. E.g. Tesla Model X is practically a minivan. It just won’t sell if you call it so.
I eventually moved to an Electric Vehicle (Kia EV9) that is quite roomy, but still smaller than the minivan inside.
At $80k to start, it's definitely not in the minivan price range.
Manufacturers went bananas with the body style naming and it's a shame that car journalist are not correcting them. I keep reading that Tesla Model 3 is a sedan and Model Y is a SUV...
In that world, sure, we won't have anything called a minivan.
Start calling things by what they are and it's solved: - Toyota Sienna - minvivan - Tesla Model X - minivan - Kia EV9 - minivan - Tesla Model Y - hatchback
And suddenly we're exactly where we were 20 years ago.
suv == truck chassis
They're probably dying for the same reason cars are.
It's all the exact same chassis, drive, suspension, pretty much you name it except the doors and body style. So that's not quite true...
Sedans died years ago - pretty impractical body type. The only advantage over SW is a perceived "prestige".
What does that even mean? If you meant built on a frame, then sorry, but that's not in the SUVs DNA.
> They're probably dying for the same reason cars are.
Not sure where are you located - cars are doing great.
It depends on the SUV. Part of the problem with online conversations about SUVs is that SUVs are a broad category and everyone fixates on whichever extreme of that broad category supports one's point the best. Hence: SUVs allegedly being big and bulky (i.e. describing the full-size SUV end of the spectrum) while simultaneously having small interiors and only two rows of seating (i.e. describing the CUV end of the spectrum).
Same deal here. It doesn't take an expert in automotive design to recognize that (using Toyota as an example) the 4-Runner, Highlander, and RAV-4 all fall in very different spots on the "Tacoma v. Camry" structural design spectrum.