If the market has shifted to SUV's where are they?

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

I don't understand the SUV/Dual Cab craze:

The small "SUV" brigade:

- Slower than their hatch counterparts
- Use more fuel than their hatch counterparts
- Still SFA room in the back seats
- Handles worse

Then you have things like the Territory:

Same deal vs Falcon IMO, slower, uses more fuel (unless you opt for Diesel), etc.

Even our "Thailand Special" dual cab utes:

The tray/tub is now too small to be useful
The back seats are too cramped to be useful

The only dual cab utes that make sense are F series sized, you can actually fit 5 fat ****s like me in them comfortably and the tray/tub is still large enough in dual cab config to be useful.

Then you weigh up the single cab variants, they ride poor, the only benefit to them vs Falcon ute is diesel engine.

*flame suit on*

I used to think the dual cab obsession was a bit silly. But I bought one, mostly for my mountain bike, and I now see why families love them. They are very practical. I have had two fat blokes and two 6 foot 3 bloke in the back of my ute and I ask them how comfortable it is and they says it's pretty good.
I had 2 fat blokes in the back of my sedan and almost beached it on my driveway because the underside scraped so badly.

As for the tray being too small, too small for what exactly? Everything I have ever wanted to do with it has fitted in. Fitting multiple bikes side by side only fits with the tailgate left down, but it is much easier than loading them into a sedan.
If you need a huge tray for work, buy a single cab, trailer or a proper truck. If you want a vehicle that can comfortable carry passanger around town, off-road and too carry a bit more than a regular car, buy a dual cab.