The end of cool small cars

Re:The end of cool small cars by grunder_advice on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:26AM (#37319823)

I don't believe that it is the end. Because small cars make more sense than big ass SUVs from a whole lot of angles: safety on the roads, energy efficiency, parking, traffic in cities, cost for the consumer.

It is a policy failure that we ended up in this situation, a hard one to fix, but I still think that it is inevitable that we will revert to smaller vehicles, eventually.

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Re:The end of cool small cars by etempleton on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @07:14AM (#37320285)

I generally agree with you, but small cars are a lot less safe on a highway with tractor trailers and big SUVs around.

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Re:The end of cool small cars by ianburrell on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:11PM (#37326392)

Big SUVs and pickup trucks are less or equally safe to mid-size SUVs and cars. The pickup frame is durable but doesn't provide good occupant protection. Also, big vehicles are more likely to crash being less maneuverable. Plus, a good portion of crashes are single-car and doesn't matter how big truck is if crash into pillar.

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Re:The end of cool small cars by nateoearth on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @08:01PM (#37330778)

This is sadly untrue; larger vehicles are safer, and the largest are the safest. Legislation is the only way I can see to stop the vehicle size/weight arms race.

https://www.iihs.org/api/datastoredocument/status-report/pdf...

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