Comments on: SUVs off the shopping list in the US, but not here http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/suvs-off-the-shopping-list-in-the-us-but-not-here/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Gleeson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/24/suvs-off-the-shopping-list-in-the-us-but-not-here/#comment-12611 John Gleeson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12611 Unlike America where SUVs are typically huge, petrol powered trucks and mostly bought by single males, in Australia our SUVs are more like large station wagons with petrol/diesel consulption similar to the locally produced sixes and bought by families. You are not comparing like with like. Some of our "SUV"s are fairly small with economical diesel engines capeable of achieving under 10lt/100km in mixed driving. Unlike America where SUVs are typically huge, petrol powered trucks and mostly bought by single males, in Australia our SUVs are more like large station wagons with petrol/diesel consulption similar to the locally produced sixes and bought by families. You are not comparing like with like. Some of our “SUV”s are fairly small with economical diesel engines capeable of achieving under 10lt/100km in mixed driving.

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