Sunday, October 23, 2011

Coupe SUV Crossover... why make such a monstrosity?

Did you just read that title, coupe suv crossover utility sports vehicle thing, i dont see where this idea stemmed from. These cars really do not make sense, there more scientific name is crossovers but really these cars do not cross over anything, they rather get stuck in the middle. Now this also may be a bit confusing and wrong becuase the classification of crossover and SUV is confused, bmw X5's can count as a crossovers or SUV's becuase SUV's are suppose to have a truck suspension and chassis while Crossovers are suppose to drive like cars but with the addition of SUV capabilities, so what we are looking at here are a "special breed" if you will bare with me on this, some would even call these cars Sports Activity Coupes... whatever thats suppose to mean.
The first crossover i can remember is this, the Infiniti fx45, now this may not look as extreme as the next ones i will mention, but this does carry the analogous structure among all crossovers, a well fitted front door and window line but then a steep cut from the midline to the back of the car. What does this result in, well for one you see out the back cause the headrests for the back seat get in the way and looking at it from this angle nothing is proportional. The front is a to stretched out, the car looks to long for its height, and back window is to short and the rear end of the car seems squished.
          Nowadays you have a bunch of companies taking on this new "crossover" concept Acura, Honda, BMW, Hyundai, Subaru, almost everybody but of course some look better than others here are a few examples.




The funny thing is these are actually popular, now if you have one thats great im sure they drive great but looking at them... lets just say they are looks only a mother could love, i personally think your better off getting an X5, or X3 if thats to big, or a Acura MDX or RDX, there are alot of choices out there, and frankly you get more space in those cars than you ever would in these, and becuase this cars are so far and few they cost more to maintain. It really does depends on the buyer though, the car market is huge and you do have alot of choice, but if you asking me, ditch the Sports Utiility active sports coupe or whatever they are called and go with the good old SUV or Crossover SUV(BMW X5!, hopefully my next suv) Thanks for reading! (btw i dont really mind the X6 :p)

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