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I'm inclined to agree Oliver.
I also think a lot of people don't realise that some SUVs have much more efficient engines than small cars.
When we switched from a 2015 Fiesta to a 2017 Seat Ateca with same sized engine, our fuel consumption and emissions dropped by about 20%. Not saying that'll save the world, just that you can't always judge a book by its cover.
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Put that engine in a small slippery car though and it will drop further…
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The distinguishing feature of "SUVs" is a tall square grill, which do much more damage to pedestrians.
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fuel consumption and emissions dropped by about 20%.
The other contribution factor is the weight and sizes, it does more damage to the road, and may emitted more rubber and brakes pollution.
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When we switched from a 2015 Fiesta to a 2017 Seat Ateca with same sized engine, our fuel consumption and emissions dropped by about 20%.
Are you sure about those numbers for emissions?
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I find it really annoying when 'activists' target SUVs especially, as with that campaign promise in London's Mayoral election years ago. (I think it may have been 2012.) It's a classic case of bad, short-sighted campaigning, implicitly showing that non-SUV cars, which are far more numerous, are not such a problem, and completely messing up the message that the problem is automobilism itself, not your choice of car. Changing cars would require very minor changes and would still be extremely polluting and have all the other attendant problems, whereas addressing automobilism would require very major changes to everyone's general lifestyle, which is what is needed--but 'activists' like that then fail to address that by engaging in completely futile headline-grabbing stunts like that.