The 2018 Chevy Cruze has an attractive two-tone interior. (Staff Photo by Mark Kennedy)Many American buyers shop for small SUVs when a hatchback would serve their needs.
Imagine stomping your foot and demanding a walk-in closet when all your stuff will fit in a foot locker.
SUV-lovers will tell you that they feel safer with more ground clearance and an elevated seating position; never mind that a raised center of gravity slightly increases the odds that a vehicle will cartwheel and land greasy-side up in an accident.
Let’s just admit that the SUV preference is a twist on the American instinct that “bigger is always better”; and, secondarily, that anything popular in Europe (like hatchbacks) must be somehow inferior.
End of sermon, but today’s Quick Spin tester, a 2018 Chevy Cruze LT Diesel, is a good example of a perfectly practical four-door hatchback with enough cargo space for most folks’ everyday needs.