[zombielinux]

Nope.

My SUV has the capability of hauling all the people and their stuff I regularly have to while ALSO towing a fully loaded horse or stock trailer.

I skip the missing pickup truck bed by using a trailer (that I can tow with our old car too).

I fully recognize its size and how if I didn't have a farm it would be 100% unnecessary.

[ajuc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0HeV1zHYhc

This car has 23 HP and weights 650 kg. It's a little extreme, but any modern car can haul a trailer no problem. You don't need an SUV.

[redcitylights]

Any modern car can haul some trailer, but plenty of ‘cars’ shouldn’t be used to haul plenty of trailers. Just because a vehicle can pull a trailer forwards doesn’t mean it can do so safely. Brakes, suspension, or frame a Stiffness may be inadequate. Please stay within your vehicles tow rating!

[ajuc]

This video is obviously a joke (they aren't pulling it on a public road and they do it at a walking speed). It wouldn't be legal here :)

But this exact 23 HP 650 kg car can legally pull 400 kg trailer (as long as it has breaks - 300 kg without). And I've seen it done on public roads in 90s. Maybe it wasn't full capacity so let's say 200 kg but still. That's already more than you can fit in most SUVs.

A modern 100 HP 1500 kg sedan can pull more than most people will ever need. And they do - outside US. Somehow in US you need a 2500 kg truck to do the same. I just don't understand.

[scruple]

No, but I do need to put 3 kids into car seats and carry a lot of stuff at the same time. I don't have many great options. I sincerely don't understand what people with 4 or more children do in these situations, work vans? I'd love to get an 80s station wagon, honestly, but those don't exist.

[nucleardog]

Taken to an absurd extreme: https://www.motor1.com/news/583580/toyota-prius-gooseneck-hi...

(It’s a Prius towing a goose neck trailer.)

[1-6]

Is it a SUV by the true definition of one or a crossover?

The term SUV has been manipulated to the point that unibody sedans on larger wheels now qualifies as an SUV at a dealer showroom.