Pontius Navigator wrote:
...many found the people carrier/SUV essential for the mother and a smaller car for commuting...
Sadly not the case around here. The infernal yummy-mummy Chelsea tractor SUVs are used for everything from taking little Tarquin and Chlamydia for their half-mile trip to school, going into town to buy yet another bottle of prosecco or blocking railway station car parking spaces designed for Ford Escorts....