I live in the UK and I drive an Astra. It’s a four door hatchback style car from the late 00s, I bought it used and still runs fine even if it’s getting on a bit. I know it won’t last forever, so I’ll probably buy another used car.
Right now, it seems like every new car for sale is a SUV - maybe a crossover which is more moderately sized, but basically an SUV. Buying a new car like my Astra feels niche, I don’t think I have ever seen one at a dealership in the last 5 years.
What’s going to happen to all of these SUVs in 5-10 years? The used market is going to be filthy with them and people are going to buy and drive them because they’ll be cheap - regardless of the fact they are unsafe, costly to run and damaging to road infrastructure. I don’t think we will see any car other than a SUV style car, or a van, on the roads in 5 years.
Does this not terrify anybody else? Something has to change here - either a shift to micro mobility scooters and e bikes or a massive increase in transit investment - or we are headed towards an even bigger disaster. Anybody else feel this way?
In southern Ontario it’s both full-size pickups and SUVs. I live in a rural area so many pickups are lifted or have tires that extend outside the fender. Vehicles so big they can’t even stay in thier lane. Constantly drift into the empty bike lane even on the straightest part of the road. Can’t even control these monstrosities on a good day.