No, no, no...you got that all wrong. The reason they lopped a foot off the front and rear was to increase approach and departure angles! According to SUV marketing...

Especially if both parents are on the north side of average height, I’m 6'0" and can sit behind myself in my 6, bit tight but not bad, but the car seat demands substantially more space than I, a 6' adult, require.

Of course, but they want to be able to have a boat if they want.

Exactly, it’s dimensions resemble that of a chevy spark or a fiat 500, well equipped for $27,000.

Mine are toddlers and don’t manage their inputs or outputs very well.

Pack for a week long ski trip with a family of 4 in a Sedan and try it again with an SUV and tell me which is easier. I know this sounds stereotypical, but that's my reality.

Costco runs, home depot runs, Christmas presents, adding bike hitch carrier, etc, etc.

Getting the kids into their car seats, and easier storage in the “trunk”. With two kids, we have a Ford Edge and a BMW E60 535i (mine), and when I’m on kid duty, I’d much rather take the wife’s vehicle.

Turns out the station wagon was the right format all along, automakers just had to jack them up six inches and give a pretense of being able to cross the Rocky Mountains should you so desire.

Putting kids in car seats, visibility. These are things that you can’t quite replace without ride height.

You also get older buyers who have trouble dropping themselves into and lifting themselves out of lower vehicles. The step-in seat height of smaller crossovers makes things easier.

Not necessarily even that large though, just tall. See Chevy Trax/Buick Encore, Subaru Crosstrek, etc.

The crossovers which are killing midsize sedans aren’t Suburban type vehicles. The best selling crossover is the Rav4, which only costs a little more than a Camry. Gas mileage sucks compared side by side, but gas is so cheap right now that people aren’t worrying about that.

Hatchback doesn’t have the interior volume some family’s need

That’s another option, with better door layouts too. The CR-V are for the people who think you can use a hatchback for a large family, I assume they’re used to cramped spaces.

Not really. Women want something that is fashionable yet practical. The station wagon is practical, but not fashionable. The sedan is fashionable, but not practical. The SUV/CUV (the latter of which, oddly enough, is a play on the station wagon with a touch of SUV), is both, at least for the moment.

Keep trying!

Why do some people have such a hard time understanding why CUV’s are so popular?

In other news, the sky is blue and tomorrow the sun is forecast to rise in the east.

Not really ironic, people aren’t buying the frame, they are buying what sits on top of the frame.