has a 1969 suburban with extra tall lift kit and extra tall winter tires . i need a step stool to get in and out of that thing.

These monstrous SUVs and pickup trucks with the huge front ends are extremely dangerous! Children and shorter adults cannot be seen by the driver when crossing the street in front of them! Thank you so much for illustrating this and calling it out!

I guess the wanna-be tough guys think it makes them look cool and powerful, so of course they will continue to make them that way.

I parked next to a large pickup truck a while ago and I remember the hood of the darn thing was almost at my shoulder, and I’m not exactly short, I’m 5’5”.

Not a good thing. At all.

It also may not have had the front end redesigned recently, and needed the space for the 6 cylinder it also had as an option. Not sure where else it's sold, but possibly engineered to fit a bigger, maybe diesel, engine? I don't know. I'm not defending the thing, I wouldn't buy one regardless.

Matter of fact, the only real reason I commented was to mention the vision I got of the Multipla when I pictured the suggested lower hood line. Mostly because I hoped a bunch of folks that have never seen a Fiat Multipla went and Google image searched it, and will now live with a picture of that hideous thing in their heads.

You can't unsee it. Ha.

No worse than the Pontiac Aztec.
You can design more of a slope to the front and also reduce the 20 inch wheels to help.

but can be made easily with a lower profile. The engine profile is much harder to change.
My Jensen Healy had a slant 4 to reduce its height. Inspecting the engine bay this might also be a slant 4.