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As a big and tall guy, I’ve been uncomfortable in most cars my entire life, especially as cars conformed more and more to the average person. The additional headroom of CUV form factor is a huge improvement in comfort. I always preferred cars but my Subaru Forester (CUV) was a revelation that cars could be comfortable and easy to use. Now, if only we could do something with leg room.
For those yelling minivan - nope. They are a visual monstrosity but practical as all hell. However at least the one we had, had horrible leg room. It had more of that upright seating like you see in a truck, that was just uncomfortable plus the only way to fix it is to raise the seat but there wasn’t sufficient headroom for that
When I was a kid, my Dad was able to order station wagons with the seat rails mounted back a little for leg room, but that capability is long gone.
Although I have to say my new Tesla has got it right. I have sufficient headroom and leg room for the first time since my Dad’s station wagon half a century ago. My biggest hesitation for Tesla was how difficult they are to get in but the model Y (the “CUV”) makes a huge difference over the Model 3 and even the S.
I can appreciate the room/head height of CUVs, but they don't need to look the way they do to accommodate that. There are a lot of other form factors that would suffice. CUVs look the way they do because car companies think that this is the look people want. Whether it is or not, I'm not sure.