BR-V: It has a really congested interior ~ specially the legroom is nil even on the front seat due to the shape of the firewall. While many people would prefer it due to its road presence, deep water fording and high ground clearance, buying a large vehicle in which you can’t even properly stretch your legs is illogical. Vehicle should be small on the outside and spacious inside.

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When you mention family of 6 squeezed in a small car, you may also mention the family of 14 squeezed in various torture positions on a motorcycle. This is not because of resale and other blah blah, it is mainly because traffic police does not enforce seat capacity limits and turn a blind eye to this illegal overloading whereas they keep catching commercial vehicles. On the on hand in our culture commercial vehicles are villainized and on the other hand the excesses of “family” and “poor man” are not only tolerated but in fact celebrated because of the continuous narrative and social discourse which glamourizes poverty and “haayyy becharon ki family baRi hai nawwww itni ghareebi mein 50 bachon ko bike pe bitha kar bike pe julm karnay pe majboor hain nawwww”.