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Only ~40% of American households have children under 18. Families are not the norm.

swalling 3y ago
The typical household != the typical new car buyer. The average age of a car buyer is decades older than the average American, and >90% of them own their home. So they're likely to either be families or elderly. https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2019/01/new-car-buyer-demographics-2019/ https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2019/01/new-car-buyer-demogra...
- Retric 3y ago
  Except having 1 young child hardly requires an SUV. The “minivan years” is really a small percentage of the average American adult’s lifetime. Exclude people who never have multiple kids, and those you have yet to have kids or whose kids have left home and large vehicles simply don’t fit most people’s lifestyles. Which is why pickup trucks can be so popular cars just don’t have many passengers on average.
  - xp84 3y ago
    > pickup trucks can be so popular cars just don’t have many passengers on average Where I live they mostly drive enormous, 4-door "pickup trucks" which can seat 5 grown adults very comfortably. While it's not quite a 7-passenger full-sized SUV, I just want to make sure you're picturing the most popular size and shape of truck when you think about pickups :D
    - Retric 3y ago
      “4 door” pickup trucks are the most popular but many of those don’t actually fit 5 full sized adults. Some don’t even have 3 seatbelts on the second row because people really need to sit sideways. The breakdown is somewhat vague but Regular, Extended, Crew, Quad are noticeably different cab sizes. At the other end 3rd row pickups are coming…
      - xp84 3y ago
        I'm sure you're correct and those are out there. I just see almost exclusively ones that look like this: https://cdn.carbuzz.com/gallery-images/2023-ford-f-150-rear-passenger-seats-carbuzz-795387-1600.jpg https://cdn.carbuzz.com/gallery-images/2023-ford-f-150-rear-... Something like a $65,000 truck. LOL

The typical household != the typical new car buyer. The average age of a car buyer is decades older than the average American, and >90% of them own their home. So they're likely to either be families or elderly. https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2019/01/new-car-buyer-demographics-2019/ https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2019/01/new-car-buyer-demogra...

Retric 3y ago
Except having 1 young child hardly requires an SUV. The “minivan years” is really a small percentage of the average American adult’s lifetime. Exclude people who never have multiple kids, and those you have yet to have kids or whose kids have left home and large vehicles simply don’t fit most people’s lifestyles. Which is why pickup trucks can be so popular cars just don’t have many passengers on average.
- xp84 3y ago
  > pickup trucks can be so popular cars just don’t have many passengers on average Where I live they mostly drive enormous, 4-door "pickup trucks" which can seat 5 grown adults very comfortably. While it's not quite a 7-passenger full-sized SUV, I just want to make sure you're picturing the most popular size and shape of truck when you think about pickups :D
  - Retric 3y ago
    “4 door” pickup trucks are the most popular but many of those don’t actually fit 5 full sized adults. Some don’t even have 3 seatbelts on the second row because people really need to sit sideways. The breakdown is somewhat vague but Regular, Extended, Crew, Quad are noticeably different cab sizes. At the other end 3rd row pickups are coming…
    - xp84 3y ago
      I'm sure you're correct and those are out there. I just see almost exclusively ones that look like this: https://cdn.carbuzz.com/gallery-images/2023-ford-f-150-rear-passenger-seats-carbuzz-795387-1600.jpg https://cdn.carbuzz.com/gallery-images/2023-ford-f-150-rear-... Something like a $65,000 truck. LOL