I could totally understand why would anyone want an SUV (at least where I live curb climbing sport is routine due to the parking lot building ineptitude of the city authorities, freaking urop).
But as far as trucks being widespread in the US of A: I hardly ever saw anyone hauling anything in them. So, what the point? It is that great of the babe magnet for people to sacrifice the cornering ability for gawd knows what
on top of the poor cornering winter tire selection seems limited and the tires in truck sizes seems ungawdly expensive
please enlighten me, as the trucks don't seem a whole lot cheaper than SUVs too