Good God, do we really need this?

Behold the new Navistar CXT sport utility vehicle, and shudder:

At 258 inches, or 21-1/2 feet long, the CXT is about 4-1/2 feet longer than the new Hummer H2 pickup, and about 2 inches longer than the F-350 Crew Cab.

But the way it really towers over what's on the road now is in height. At 108 inches, or 9 feet, the CXT stands only a foot below a basketball rim and more than two feet above the Hummer or the F-350.

'It's not going to fit into the standard garage,' said Mark Oberle, a spokesman for Navistar, based in Warrenville, Ill., outside Chicago.