There are plenty of other reasons to avoids SUVs like the plague. Most of them can be summed up in two words: crash compatibility. And when the legal weasels find a way to get in on that angle, the manufacturers and any owners involved in a crash better hold onto their wallets. Crash compatibility is the best reason to get a large SUV. By that same legal logic, Yugo owners should fear the coming onslaught of lawsuits by "outgunned" scooter owners involved in the dreaded mismatch of motorcycle/subcompact car collisions.
I think the Yugo would still lose. I'd take my chances against one of them while riding a Vespa any day...