Granted, I would still rather them designed for lighter weight. But that’s a separate issue w suv culture which is bad for society and environment in general. Totally would buy a 3000 pound EV around the size of a euro hatch.
My Citroën C-Zero (Mitsubishi i-MiEV clone) is a quirky fun car to drive. Surprisingly big on the inside. Very plain old skool car. Just turn the key and go. No dumb computers/dashboard in it trying to smart. I bought it for 4000 euros second hand. Only down side it had an original range of ~120km and it has 120000km on the clock. The battery is down to 60km range, after those ~1500 cycles... But aftermarket batteries with for the original range are now available for "just" 11000,-
If they would build a modern version of it, I would buy it.
I believe that cars of this size should be the most common vehicles on the road. They efficiently meet the transportation needs of most people while consuming significantly fewer resources than larger cars. However, for decades, American consumers have been influenced by marketing campaigns promoting larger vehicles. This trend began when Ford and GM sought to protect their market share from smaller, more fuel-efficient Japanese imports..
I'm not convinced of the "safety". SUVs (and larger cars in general) have higher risk of roll over. Not to mention you're a bigger target on the road; how often are accidents head-on collisions compared to a corner clip that sends the other spinning. Don't majority of "accidents" happen in parking lots?
Last year I was driving a lot of different cars for work. I was really excited once when I got a RAV4 because I've lived most Toyotas I've driven and I've never tried any of their SUVs. The car doesn't come with blindspots mirrors and it is actually impossible to see a car sitting in your blindspots.
I would prefer to live in a world where all the cars are small.
Taking your example of a corner clip, the larger car would fare better; the smaller car will spin more. There is no better description than "arms race." I understand there are edge cases with rollover, etc. but the first rule is mass.
I suppose the second rule is where between the two cars the force is absorbed. Ideally bumper-to-bumper. Modified lifted trucks ought to be banned as far as I'm concerned; it defeats the factory design that had to comply with laws.
I recently just sold on my old car, as I'm getting a company one. Figured it'd be some estate or coupe with good motorway mileage. Nope. Instead it's an SUV, which I've routinely given people shit for, for the last few years. The things are a plague that are starting to infest even corporate motor pools, and this is in the UK of all places, where the country roads are more often than not the width of a small hatchback.
