500 (April 2004) (p. 24) (Click Here for more stories from this issue).
Review:
It's what posh people drive
British drivers embrace the people carrier as the new norm
In the last ten years saloon, hatchback and estate cars have droped by 15% to 77%. Offroaders have doubled their share, convertibles are up by a factor of 6, and people carriers by a factor of 14 !!