It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone?

‘Traditional car body styles have been modified into taller, wider frames.’ Photograph: Crispin/Crispin Hughes/Clean Cities Campaign/Climate Visuals

Recently, while traipsing from showroom to showroom in search of a used car for my growing clan, the iconic line from Christopher Nolan’s seminal Batman movie The Dark Knight came to mind: “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” And by villain, of course, I mean an SUV driver.

Because, if you haven’t shopped for a secondhand family car recently, I’ll save you the shock: wherever you look, it’s SUVs.