“SUVs went mainstream. GPS replaced glove-box atlases.”
Distribution of 3,523 2009 variants by body type.
Petrol still dominates in absolute volume in 2009, but the share is sliding to electric and hybrid year over year.
Quickest, most powerful, most efficient — from variants documented with a 2009 model year.
Variants with a 2009 model year currently in the catalog.
The crossover SUV arrived in volume — Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, Nissan X-Trail — and then in luxury, with BMW X5 and Porsche Cayenne legitimising the body in markets that had previously refused it. Common-rail diesel peaked at ~55% of new EU sales by 2009. Hybrid went mass-market with the Prius Mk2.