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Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Mid to large estates have more useable boot space than most SUV's. That said MrsF is currently driving to Wales with two bikes in the back with wheels on in her Qashqai.
although there sloping backs aren't the most efficient for load carrying - equivalent Volvo, when Volvos were "squared off" carried about 50% more!
Of course, everyone has known this for years but how else are you going to get Street cred and that drug dealer look ( top marks here going to Range Rover and Escalade).SUVs really are a dead loss for anyone needing to carry lots of luggage - unless you buy one the size of a small house.
Whilst I don't disagree with you that the label SUV now seems to mean "big family car" more or less, it does pose the interesting question of what exactly *is* an SUV.An ID4 is an SUV in name only, doubtless to make it appeal to gullible fashionistas as Paley suggests. "Rather blobby and tall hatch with no real extra ground clearance, off road ability or lifestyle load capacity" only fails to trip off the tongue because marketing types find the truth an inconvenience.
Ouch.Xc90 has plenty of space as much as v70 with the rear seats folded down. Only issue is the roofline is a bit tall for using a roof rack.