Perhaps we oversimplify it. Perhaps we don’t.
Take one Honda Fit or Chevrolet Sonic or Mazda 2, alter the exterior body panels, clad the wheel arches or bumpers in a modest amount of black plastic, periodically route power to the rear wheels without any fancy AWD systems, elevate the roofline, and increase ride height just a bit. Use a typical small car engine, the same transmissions, and many of the same interior bits.
The result: HR-V, Trax, CX-3. Call it a crossover. Dare even to call it an SUV.
And then, according to Kelley Blue Book, charge customers $7,700 more for the privilege. (Read More…)
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