Spare a thought for the MPV, won't you? The multi-purpose vehicle, as it was known, was a big, boxy thing sometimes described back in its heyday as a people carrier. As opposed to what I never knew: what is a car if not a vehicle for carrying people?
Anyway, I use the word 'was' because while some still exist, most MPVs - like the Volkswagen Sharan, Ford Galaxy and a plethora of others - didn't survive the past decade's push towards posh; the move towards 'lifestyle'.
