US cars are fine: SUVs suck!

[Osella]

I've just come back from a two week trip to NY and Chicago.
Personally, I like US cars. Some of them, the latest full-size Caddies and Chryslers look marvelous; even ordinary ones like the ubiquitous Crown Vic and Town Car are nice. Ford should sell these things (lhd and a suitably realistic price, eg LOW) here. People would buy them. The sheer quantity of these things on US roads means they must be good. Taxi drivers wouldn't choose these as working cars if they weren't up to the job. I also like that slabby Olds 98 (almost Citroeny) and the cab-forward Chryslers.

But the SUVs... well, what ugliness abounds there. I lost count of the number of models mercifully absent from the UK. I've nothing against big, practical cars or trucks being used purposefully but really...

If I lived in the US and wanted to make a statement along the lines of "I've more important things to spend my money on and don't need to invade Iraq on my way to the mall" with my choice of car, I'd drive a 1977 Honda Accord!

There is a new and potentialy dangerous craze of Hummer-tagging which I shall introduce now. Basically, the sticker says

h2O Exactly Half of the Purchase Price of this Ve-hickle has been donated to the children of Iraq, to bring them clean water