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The most important thing for me in a car is safety, and clearly a car that small without a front engine will have much higher injury/mortality rate in a crash.
Agreed though that excessively boosted cars are dumb, and probably most people who drive a truck don't need one in the first place.
That's the thought process that led to everyone driving giant vehicles in the first place. Bigger doesn't always mean safer for the occupants, but bigger is always more dangerous for everyone else. There are plenty of smaller vehicles that have excellent safety ratings.
Ironically, SUVs and pickups are LESS safe if you compare injury (and death) in a crash, according to dmv studies
Please post source- and I'm curious is that same type of crash comparison- or is there another factor that could lead to those types of vehicles being in more extreme crashes in the first place. I also wonder if those is real crash data or lab testing. Lab testing can both over emphasize and under emphasize a problem- for example with the Pinto where they had a catastrophic failure in one type of uncommon crash but overall in real crashes it was safer than other cars of its time and class.
first result: https://theconversation.com/ive-always-wondered-are-suvs-and-4wds-safer-than-other-cars-98559
They're method of analysis for risk to drivers does not seem very thorough to me they only compare one SUV from each price bracket, it only includes risk of injury to driver(a big reason people but SUVs and minivans is for their family), and since only comparing one model for each bracket it leads to not very high sample data. Also, none of this is relevant to a Kei truck which doesn't have the design and safety features of a traditional sedan
Overall bigger cars will usually be safer for the occupant- but obviously there is a balance. My hesitancy is just with a small car that also doesn't have a crumple zone, and also is made out of lightweight materials.