Rather depressing news this week.
Autocar have it here.
The Ford Puma, which isn't a real Ford Puma like this one:
...remains top of the UK's top selling cars list.
Like 8 out of the top 10, it is a crossover SUV.
Obviously being bought in large numbers by people who are not particularly interested in cars or driving. Only the Corsa and Golf remain in the list representing proper cars.
You can't really blame them, they will be looking for decent value cars that meet their requirements and if the dealerships only have crossovers in the showrooms then people will buy those. And the dealers only tend to be showing crossovers because manufacturers are concentrating on producing them. And manufacturers are only producing them because they are selling in big numbers.
And now we're stuck in a depressing spiral.
Meanwhile, in the Driven section of the latest Top Gear Magazine, where they review new cars to market, 9 out of 12 of the cars reviewed are electric (including an electric Puma) but only 6 are definitely cross-overs (including an electric Puma). A couple it's difficult to tell...
What about this?
Yes that is a cross-over but is it much taller than this?
I've decided that that one is not a cross-over.
I think cross-overs are getting shorter in height so maybe manufacturers have noticed that, although profitable, they are not very good.
So, based on what's coming - there is a glimmer of hope - but it depends on your idea of what a cross-over actually is.
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