Originally posted by a2psyklnut
and is much SAFER!
This is my main complaint with SUVs. I frequently hear people saying that they bought the SUV for the safety of their children. SUVs are less safe than a comparably sized car. Modern cars have things called crumple zones that are designed to absorb the impact of a crash. The car sacrifices itself to save the passengers. Your body on frame SUV is great for hauling weight and bashing around off road but is not good in a crash. The weakest point of that frame is somewhere under the occupants and in an impact this is where it will bend.
If you really purchased the vehicle for safety then you were deceived. Large unibody passenger cars like a Buick Park Avenue, Pontiac Bonneville or Toyota Avalon are much safer and get better fuel milage to boot. Unfortunately these cars are only fashionable with senior citizens.
