James Coleman and Thomas Hoffer did control for family background and found that students in private schools, both Catholic and non-Catholic, scored higher on the High School and
Beyond civics test than did public school students, although the results were not statistically significant.
Beyond their functional aspects, as mentioned the truck - like element puts you in a commanding position above all the little Corollas and
Civics of the world, and it does score well in crash
tests.