Long cars may be difficult to park, if most parking slots are the size of the average car. (No idea how much that applies to USA.)
That might be an argument in favor of your proposed “six-door but not too long”, unless it is the case that any car with six doors is already too long and the extra few inches don’t significantly change the outcome. Like, you get less space for luggage, but finding a parking place remains nearly impossible anyway.
(My wife loved having a tiny car while we didn’t have kids, precisely because parking it was extremely easy.)
I recently switched from a crossover SUV (Nissan Rogue Sport) to a pickup (Sierra 2500 with crew cab and 8′ bed). It is about 22 ft long, and yes, it is both harder to park and usually unable to fit fully in a standard parking spot. It overhangs by only about 2 ft usually, though, so if it really is feasible to make a six door vehicle that is about 200″ long, it would still fit.
Long cars may be difficult to park, if most parking slots are the size of the average car. (No idea how much that applies to USA.)
That might be an argument in favor of your proposed “six-door but not too long”, unless it is the case that any car with six doors is already too long and the extra few inches don’t significantly change the outcome. Like, you get less space for luggage, but finding a parking place remains nearly impossible anyway.
(My wife loved having a tiny car while we didn’t have kids, precisely because parking it was extremely easy.)
I recently switched from a crossover SUV (Nissan Rogue Sport) to a pickup (Sierra 2500 with crew cab and 8′ bed). It is about 22 ft long, and yes, it is both harder to park and usually unable to fit fully in a standard parking spot. It overhangs by only about 2 ft usually, though, so if it really is feasible to make a six door vehicle that is about 200″ long, it would still fit.