Depends on the application you're using it for, I've hauled 12,000lb trailers and a few cords of green oak but that's what necessitates the need for the type of vehicle.
I've always had trucks or SUV's for the last 30 yrs, Decided one year that i no longer needed a truck and bough a car when we just had one vehicle back then, 3 mos later was moving and had to borrow a friends truck and the rest is history.