
Recently, while traipsing from showroom to showroom in search of a used car for my growing clan, the iconic line from Christopher Nolan’s seminal Batman movie The Dark Knight came to mind: “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”(最近,我为了不断壮大的家庭辗转于各个展厅寻找二手车时,脑海中浮现出诺兰电影《黑暗骑士》的经典台词:“要么作为英雄而死,要么活得够久,看着自己变成恶棍。”) And by villain, of course, I mean an SUV driver.
最近,为了不断壮大的家庭,我辗转于一家又一家展厅寻找二手车。这时,克里斯托弗·诺兰那部开创性的蝙蝠侠电影《黑暗骑士》中的经典台词浮现在我脑海中:“要么作为英雄而死,要么活得够久,看着自己变成恶棍。”当然,我所说的恶棍,指的是SUV司机。
Because, if you haven’t shopped for a secondhand family car recently, I’ll save you the shock: wherever you look, it’s SUVs.(因为,如果你最近没有买过二手家用车,我就让你免于震惊:无论你往哪儿看,都是SUV。)
因为,如果你最近没有买过二手家用车,我就让你免于震惊:无论你往哪儿看,都是SUV。
It’s no surprise when these giant cars now make up(占据,组成) 30% of all cars on the road and were 50% of all new car sales in rich countries in 2023. The look has been so popular that traditional body styles have been modified into taller, wider frames. Even Volvo, the defining(定义性的,最具代表性的) family car brand, now offers predominantly(主要地,占主导地位地) SUVs in the UK. All of which means that if, like me, you want a car under 10 years old, hoping it lasts another five, your options are “tank” and “tank-ette”.(这一切都意味着,如果你和我一样,想要一辆车龄不到10年、希望还能再开五年的车,你的选择就是“坦克”和“小坦克”。)
这些巨型汽车如今占道路上所有汽车的30%,2023年在富裕国家占所有新车销量的50%,这并不令人意外。这种外观如此受欢迎,以至于传统的车身样式被改造成更高、更宽的框架。即使是定义家用车品牌的沃尔沃,现在在英国也主要提供SUV。这一切都意味着,如果你和我一样,想要一辆车龄不到10年、希望还能再开五年的车,你的选择就是“坦克”和“小坦克”。