SUVs and Malt Beverages

Consumer demand and regulation create strange offspring

Back in June, I wrote a piece for The Week in praise of station wagons. I argued that they were almost as roomy, but much safer than SUVs (for those being hit by them, but also, due to their lower risk of rollover, for drivers as well). I also touched on one of the reasons why SUVs, and even minivans, actually exist:

Despite the stereotype of wagons as “…