SUVs in general should probably either be outright banned or taxed to the point of not being competitive anymore. The immense harm they cause is just laughable, and the benefits are highly dubious.
The latter is a car in basically every way that matters and would be described as a hatchback if the marketing department didn’t have their way.
I think the best type of tax would be on weight, emissions, and energy usage, the factors that most greatly affect the public (road maintenance, public health, and climate change/resource consumption, respectively).
Are you sure? I don't know specifically about that model, but my understanding is that SUVs - including the smaller hatchback-like "crossover" ones - are technically trucks because of the way they're constructed and thus subject to different safety standards. I'd say that's a way that matters.
Most of the family SUVs and crossovers you see are constructed on unibody platforms shared with cars. The Corolla Cross that I mentioned is built on the same GA-C platform as the regular Corolla and a number of other cars, vans, and SUVs. [2]
There are very few body-on-frame SUVs remaining on the market, which include:
- Chevy Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Cadillac Escalade
- Toyota 4Runner, Sequoia, Land Cruiser, Lexus LX, GX
- Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator
- Jeep Wrangler
- Mercedes G-Class
These models generally share similarities with their truck counterparts, e.g., a vehicle like the Chevy Suburban shares a platform with GM's full-size pickups. [3]
[1] https://www.motorbiscuit.com/do-suvs-designs-let-them-be-mor...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_New_Global_Architecture