it's not as hard to understand the American romance with workstations and avoidance of arrangers if you look at it in that light. Minivans represent soccer moms, unromantic family practicality, amateur drivers. Suv's represent cool. Never mind that 99% of suv drivers never go off-road, are bigger outside w less cargo space inside, are heavier and get worse mpg, don't handle as well or ride as comfortably, have only a small height advantage if they are the big suv's, and lack the convenience of sliding doors. Yet, when I got my Mazda mpv minivan and showed it to a lady fiend who just bought an Explorer, she said " Mo, a minivan? that's so not how I think of you" and this from someone w/no practical use for suv, really needed a small sporty economy car, but she felt so cool!
It's a cultural thing, mfrs need to advertise accordingly.


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Miami Mo