Toyota sandbagging the Yaris

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Originally Posted by why?

SUV's most definitely have their uses. You might be able to take 2 kids to soccer practice in a Yaris, but could you take them, 2 of their friends, a dozen soccer balls, oh and tow the boat or jetski's on the weekends, or maybe you and your wife take a family friend or two with their spouses to dinner, or maybe help your child move into college 1500 miles away, etc.

You can do the same with a van or minivan that gets better mileage and and safer for the environment...that is what I am getting at...these days status says that you should not have a minivan...stupid. As for all the stuff you mentioned, sure you can do all that with an SUV and if you were to do that it would be a great justification, but I cannot count on both hands how many people I know personally that just do the following with their SUV:

1) Drive back and forth in town for work which even during the winter here NEVER would require an SUV...no car pooling
2) Drop kids off at school with only their book bag and perhaps a small duffel for sporting stuff...just their kids...no kid pooling
3) Drive to get groceries
4) Drive to the local small race track

getting the picture? SUVs are like anything else...they have their place and I agree with that however for the knuckleheads that do only things similar to what I listed above...shakes head, that's all I will say. I could list 6 families right now off the top of my head that the parents and the kids say that having an SUV is a must just to keep up with fashionable times and status...very sad really.