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    Why do SUVs have big bonnets?

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    I'm enjoying my older Mazda Bravo but I've been testing newer four-wheel drives with an eye to the future. I find the unnecessarily large bonnets on today's four-wheel drives are a hindrance to accurate steering by obscuring difficult road conditions close to your front. This seemingly US convention of "mine is bigger than yours" has put me right off cars like the Ford Ranger and Everest. Is there any relief in sight?

    Answered by CarsGuide
    9 May 2016
    Carsguide.com.au

    There is some American-led styling on SUVs but bigger and higher bonnets — even on something as compact as a Mini — are a result of the safety regulations on pedestrian impact protection. The bonnet is now being designed as a "safety net" to cushion a pedestrian bowled over by a vehicle.

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