Ohhhhh no, you ain’t gonna rope me into your flamewar ;-)
That being said, my honeybear drives a basic wagon which has as much capacity as an SUV without all the bells and whistles and gets about 10-15 more MPG, and I tell you what, he’s got it GOING ON under the hood (if ya know what I mean and I’m sure you do! ;-)
My last three cars combined weighed less than 8500 pounds; and I've never had any complaints either ;-)
I'll carry on the flameware for ya, never fear.