These are the enormous looking vehicles that I constantly have to seek refuge form while I am driving on the road. For some reason, all the SUV drivers seems to have this urge to run over small cars such as my modest Corolla.

Surprisingly enough, the number of these people is rapidly growing. From the downtowns to the winding highways, people are having a love afire with these monsters. Last year Americans purchased a record number of 3.36 million of them, most of which were domestic made. This year foreign made such as BMW and Honda Acura are reporting record number of sale. This is a concerning matter when SUV proven to be most inadequate vehicle for the consumer. The purpose of this paper is to establish the fact that SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) are the most inadequate vehicle for the consumer. The three reasons that support this argument are, first the safety concern, second its damage to the environment and third its excessive cost.

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SUV are not inexpensive either. Gasoline is a major expense for large SUVs. In addition to higher fuel costs, SUVs have higher repair and maintenance costs. Can you imagine paying $5,000 - $6,000 for a new bumper? A June 1999 study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that some popular SUV bumpers incur expensive damage in impacts at little more than "walking speed" or five miles per hour. Farmers insurance increase liability by 15%

The propensity of sport utility vehicles to roll over is a major safety concern. Sport utility vehicles are more than three times more likely to roll over in crash than normal passenger cars. SUVs are built on the base of the pick truck platform. This meant that a taller and heavier body would be riding on a frame designed for a pick-up truck. The result is higher center of gravity than that of a pick-up truck. This causes SUVs such as Explorer to be top heavy and prone to rolling over at high speeds and sharp turns.

Driving an SUV has a much greater impact on the environment than driving other passenger cars. The federal regulations allow SUVs to waste 33 percent more gasoline than passenger cars. The federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards set the fuel economy goals for new passenger cars at 27.5 miles per gallon (m.p.g.). But under the law, SUVs (and oth

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