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Re:The Loophole That Made Cars in America So Big by pandaman on Sunday April 23, 2023 @12:17PM (#35677547)
RAV4 and HR-V came out in 1990s, somehow I doubt doubt they had any off-road equipment installed in the base even of the 4WD trims. Very few people looked for off-road capabilities indeed, this is why the unibody "crossovers" exploded in the 90s as they are more practical than station wagons (which almost disappeared since then) and minivans in many cases.
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Re:The Loophole That Made Cars in America So Big by UniverseHacker on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:20PM (#35694571)
The first generation RAV4 has a center diff lock, and a good amount of ground clearance, but the vehicles I was talking about are mostly full sized premium SUVs loaded with expensive gadgets like the Lexus LX, VW Touareg, Porsche Cayenne, Jeep Grand Cherokee, etc. Now all of those companies make similar sized vehicles with less offroad equipment.
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Re:The Loophole That Made Cars in America So Big by pandaman on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @08:33AM (#35699582)
And the offroad equipment is still as optional now as it used to be.
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