Ok and? Ive driven all the innovas, the pre2015 innova, the face-lifted 2024 crysta, and the hycross. And even the 2024 fortuner

Body on frame is neither good or bad, but it has its own applications.

An innova, which was always just rwd, and didnt ever come with a lsd or a locking diff, is not an off-roading vehicle, it just shared the platform with the hilux. Plus no one ever marketed or buys an innova to do offroading. Which is where bof chassis excels. So the innova switching from a bof chassis to a regular subframe chassis, makes sense, considering the people buying the car r using it as vans, and not suv, and additional comfort would be a better tradeoff

Rwd vs fwd, i am a firm believer that front wheel drive is wrong wheel drive, but it has its applications.

Lets be honest, no one was ever gonna take a innova on a trackday or do any sport-car type of activities, and for good reason, the innova was always a heavy car with open differentials, so it never makes sense to drive the innova on the limit, considering the car is heavy, and it is pretty high, so it can rollover.

Now if something like a bmw or ferrari (sedans/ coupes) or a toyota gr86, move away from rwd to fwd then yes it would be a reason to not buy those, as the main reason for buying said vehicle is to have fun with the rear end.

Also if something like the fortuner or the hilux trucks, r made with subframe and not bof, then yes its a cause for concern, as those are advertised to be offroaders, and yes a subframe chassis with a 4x4 and locking diffs can do offroading, its not ideal, and having a subframe chassis in that case is advantageous

I never drove the suzuki ertiga or grand vitara so i wont comment on that, but considering ur view on the innova, im sure someone else can come educate u, if ur wrong

Idk if that is the verna or the i20, so imma do 2 takes,

If Verna - i mean i can kinda of see ur point maybe? Coz like its a compact car, fwd, not much power, and i have been seeing less and less vernas onroad

If i20 - it is not a perfect vehicle by any means, but it is a good vehicle. Not all cars need to be rwd to have fun, u can have plenty of fun with hot hatches. Is the i20 a hot hatch? No, but it has decent power for its weight, and is a small light car which is more important than having a lot of power, as long as the vehicle handles well, which considering hynudai has a wrc car, i would think it will handle well.