Yes, that's a given....four doors are more utile. But you also said that a lot of people were buying Broncos just to satisfy their egos. Unless they had families, or needed more potential cargo-room for carrying things, those who would simply want the retro-design for ego or nostalgia purposes might be expected to go for the classic two-door.


....at a dealership, being prepared for delivery to customers, or just on the road as usual?

I swear this blue looks almost exact as my dad's previous RAV4.

Blue and black are my default colors.

New on the Buick Encore GX and Envista for the 2025 model-year...for the ST trim only.

I mean would you take a new 50k+ car out onto the trails and beat on it or a $5k suv that won't lose 10k in value on the first body crunch?

Some can and do but like track cars most people use older stuff to play around with, I'm very much in the camp of drive a car unless you actually need the suv aspects. I started with trucks and SUVs and while yes it's nice to know you can do whatever is needed you end up almost never needing the capability day to day and a car is so much better to drive.

The 2 door versions don't sell better because very few people really care about nostalgia, and a 4-door vehicle is much more practical, especially for the vast majority of owners who never drive off pavement. Look around at Wranglers--most of those you see on the road are 4 doors.

Very few people are buying these cars because they are retro--they are buying them because they are "cool".

Americans just don't want 2 door vehicles, they want 4 door vehicles. Thats proven by the success of 4 door vehicles over 2 door models when both are available. Even before I had kids I never wanted a 2 door car, I have always preferred 4 door cars. They're just more useful.

And people with families are some of the biggest ego buyers there are, because they are fighting against the idea in their own head that they are domesticated and their time for freedom and fun is over. Hence why you see parents driving around in anything but a minivan.

Out in the world. One of them had a national parks sticker which was hilarious because it so obviously had never been to a national park lol