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Is it though? Do you have any studies that were actually done on our fleet?
Hell, yes. SUVs have gotten hugely bigger in recent years, surely that's painfully evident to anyone with eyes?
I've got no studies for you, but I've seen what our builders keep upgrading to for their company vehicles
Some of the smart ones use vans but most of the others go for the biggest, most obnoxious thing they can find
Considering some of the absolute boats that came out in the nineties, including the 80 and 100 series land cruisers, I wouldn't be surprised if the average size of our road fleet has actually shrunk.
The length of a typical Hilux, for example, has increased by 100mm, and width by 150mm. Hardly a colossal increase in size.
https://www.carsguide.com.au/toyota/hilux/car-dimensions/1990
https://www.carsguide.com.au/toyota/hilux/car-dimensions
The 90s hiluxes I remember were tiny, but after searching it seems like this model was 1990 exactly, maybe it started growing from then (which feels like a looong time ago!)
Also, I ink the crucial metric which doesn't seem to be covered is how the grille height has moved from roughly an adults hips towards their upper arm, which seems to me to be far more lethal
That's a two wheel drive model, the four wheel drives were pretty much always that height.
The main change has actually been in the styling, they look more aggressive now.