I'm a bit of a newfag when it comes to cars, but I came onto this board expecting most people to hate crossovers with a burning passion, and I wasn't disappointed. I can certainly understand why. Most of them, especially the modern ones, are ugly as sin, less fuel efficient than sedans, and don't handle as well. They have a little more cargo space than a sedan but not nearly as much as a proper SUV, they have AWD/4WD as an option but generally not enough clearance to make use of it in true off-road situations. Unibody rather than body-on-frame means most don't have the durability to be true offroad vehicles, either. And on top of that, it's the quintessential normalfag body style, which means anons have a duty to hate it out of sheer contrarianism. All that being said, do you think it's possible to make a non-shit crossover, or is the whole class a failure out of the gate? If it is possible, can it be done in the current market, or would it require someone to physically remove all the EPA/NHTSA regulations shitting up the market first? Personally, I think there's potential, but only if you change the design philosophy. Right now, crossovers are tall sedans LARPing as SUVs, making them a confused mess that doesn't do anything well. Instead, you should approach the design of a crossover as a station wagon for big guys. Focus on the added cargo space for people that need to haul more shit around but aren't construction workers, instead of pretending it's an offroad car. A higher cabin, not to clear debris and terrain, but for tall fuckers that can't sit comfortably in sedans. Maybe offer AWD or 4WD as an option, but not for anything offroad, just for people in rural and snowy areas that could benefit from the extra traction in the winter. I think picrelated, the 3rd generation RAV4, is a decent example of a crossover done "right." It has good gas mileage for what it is, 22 city/28 highway compared to the same year Camry's 22/32. 73 cubic feet of cargo space standard, which is about as much as other crossovers have with the rear seats folded down. It's 66 inches tall, not obnoxious but enough to give taller people a bit more headroom. And yes, I know you can just bring the seat downward on sedans and the like, but there are comfort concerns on longer drives. If my knees are ever higher than my hips while sitting, I get lower back pains while driving. As a taller guy, a lot of sedans in which I've driven require me to either scrape my head on the ceiling, or lower the seat so much that it becomes uncomfortable. The 3rd-gen RAV4 seems like a big guy station wagon in all but name, but marketed as a crossover because that's a popular segment in the burger market. This making sense at all, or is it retarded rambling?