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正好看到一篇讲minivan
The minivan is the least cool vehicle ever designed, yet the most useful, Ian Bogost writes. It offers “the best value for the most function to a plurality of American drivers, … can cart seven passengers or more in comfort if not style, haul more cargo than many larger trucks, and do so for a sticker price roughly a quarter cheaper than competing options.”
Yet it is often purchased under duress, when a family finds itself outgrowing its cooler car, which is no longer big enough for Costco runs and car seats. The phrase “Maybe we should get a minivan” is uttered with an air of resignation.
“The minivan was popular, but it was never cool, not even in its youth,” Bogost writes. “Now it’s middle-aged: The first of its type came out in ’83, which makes the minivan an elder Millennial, and it’s no more attuned than your average 41-year-old to recent trends. But why, exactly, has it earned so much derision through the years? And why was the minivan replaced, almost altogether, by the SUV?” Read more: https://theatln.tc/5yfHDhzH |
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