martinjlm
Retired from GM
SUVs and CUVs are crowding out sedans and sporty coupes because that what consumers are choosing. The downward spiral of sedans has been evident since at least 2012. Manufacturers are just reacting to what consumers have been saying they prefer.I completely get this.
We don't even do much where an SUV would be the better option, certainly not often enough to even begin to justify owning and maintaining such a vehicle.
It's not that I feel that SUVs shouldn't exist; it's more that they shouldn't be given license to crowd traditional sedans and sporty coupes out of the market.
Norm
This is the part where everybody says ”so why are they cramming BEVs down our throats?” That is a bit more complicated due to government and NGO (non-government organizations). Since the big push is for carbon footprint reduction, electric vehicles are the more logical answer. This is the part where people say “...but coal fueled power generation...”. Another area where the governments and NGOs are pushing hard is the conversion of power generation to cleaner sources.
So, now that several car companies have discovered that the development cycle for BEVs is actually shorter than for ICE platforms, several of them (GM, VW, BMW, Daimler, Nissan, and yes, even Ford) are on board and looking at ways of making BEV version of the vehicle configurations that customers want to buy in high volume. That’s why we have (6) BEV pickups coming to market within the next 15 months and more BEV SUVs and CUVs than I can count. Not a lot of sedans, though. I count maybe four. And a handful of performance vehicles.
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