A few weeks from now in Toledo, Ohio, Kristina Wisner will trade in her dinged-up 2006 Honda Civic for a 2016 Honda HR-V, so she can “sit higher” and “be able to haul stuff when I need to.”
When she gets her new subcompact crossover, Wisner will be yet another consumer abandoning a sedan for a crossover or SUV.
The evidence of what’s going on is striking: Through the first half of the year, in a U.S. market up 4.4 percent, the historically biggest segment — midsize cars — is down 3.4 percent. It begs a question: Why now?
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