20” wheels on an AWD car? Why?

Looking at AWD vehicles online I saw a Toyota Venza that has 20” wheels. Why? Does anyone even make a non-truck winter tire for a 20” wheel that isn’t $$$? I hate the big wheel trend.
grab some Toyota 17 or 18" wheels that fit the Venza (should be most of them except small cars like Corolla as they have a different lug pattern)
 
Looking at AWD vehicles online I saw a Toyota Venza that has 20” wheels. Why? Does anyone even make a non-truck winter tire for a 20” wheel that isn’t $$$? I hate the big wheel trend.
What's on your Venza now?
 
I guess I learned from my dad, in almost all cases, larger rims is more unsprung weight. But car cos are not trying to add weight, they're adding profits. When we bought my wife's car new in 2011, almost every vehicle on the lot had optional rims costing like $1400--found one without. Flash forward to last year, rims are like almost $700 each from GM. Each. But I got them one by one on eBay for $45-$70, mint too. Didn't do anything with them, though. The idea came about because we had to use the compact spare for 3 weeks waiting for a replacement tire.
 
Looking at AWD vehicles online I saw a Toyota Venza that has 20” wheels. Why? Does anyone even make a non-truck winter tire for a 20” wheel that isn’t $$$? I hate the big wheel trend.
You can find cheap 20” tires. The question is do you want to do that to yourself?
Get 17 or 18” Toyota wheels on a Facebook marketplace. I did that for Sequoia, $200 for wheels.
 
Ranks right up there with profiles less than 60 aspect ratio, IMO. I get it, some like to corner hard, but in the frost heave region, I'd rather not have have low profile tires. Nor have more expensive tires than I need to, on some mundane grocery getter.

Clearly I'm daft given how the market has spoken and gone in a different direction.
 
The 19's on my Rav4 are bad enough. The tires are getting close to needing replacement anyway, so I am dumping them and going to somethin with a sidewall. Need to find some rims the boss will accept first, better get looking I guess.
 
I live in the tropics and drive coupes.

Last 20s I bought were Hankook Ventus, cheapest set of 4 I've bought since I had 14s on the 88.

Installer said they are suv tires, I said better for potholes. Counter girl said we needed to talk in the back by the oil recycling.






 
I have just purchased a 2017 GLS450 (Mercedes) and it runs 20's. First time I've had a wheel that big.
Problem is, 18's won't fit due to the brake calipers, so I am stuck with 19's or 20's. The NEXT problem is, 275 55 R19 winter tires are almost non-existent, as are AT tires for my summer offroad travels.
So, that leaves me with 20's.
It's a small bit of cope-ium but Mercedes designed it and offered the off-road package (which I found), so I am rolling with what I've got.
My 2003 F250 (selling) has 17's with 33's on it. It's not nearly as fun to drive :)
 
I have just purchased a 2017 GLS450 (Mercedes) and it runs 20's. First time I've had a wheel that big.
Problem is, 18's won't fit due to the brake calipers, so I am stuck with 19's or 20's. The NEXT problem is, 275 55 R19 winter tires are almost non-existent, as are AT tires for my summer offroad travels.
So, that leaves me with 20's.
It's a small bit of cope-ium but Mercedes designed it and offered the off-road package (which I found), so I am rolling with what I've got.
My 2003 F250 (selling) has 17's with 33's on it. It's not nearly as fun to drive :)
Yeah, not a problem on Toyota. They give you "just enough of brakes to eventually stop."
 
Looking at AWD vehicles online I saw a Toyota Venza that has 20” wheels. Why? Does anyone even make a non-truck winter tire for a 20” wheel that isn’t $$$? I hate the big wheel trend.
Used to own a 2009 Venza V6AWD with 20' wheels. Liked the car, hated the poor fuel economy. I ran steel silver Toy OE 18“ rims on it for winters, 65 series tires iirc, vs 50 series for the 20s.Traded it in on a 2019 RAV4 Hybrid, and doubled my mpg.
 
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