The second is all about advertising, marketing, and 'product placement'. Twenty years ago there were a few Broncos and Blazers around. They were mostly owned by people living in rural areas that needed them to actually drive off-road for legitimate reasons. Now, practically every suburban driveway has at least one behemoth luxury Pickup Truck and/or SUV parked in it when in most cases a Honda Civic or equivalent would do just fine, thank you very much
Excuse me, but who are you to decide what someone else should spend their money on? I drive a 6 cylinder truck, but if someone wants to spend the money on a Ford Excursion and pay for the gas and insurance it's none of my business. I'll use my money to pay my house off early. I will also never buy a brand new vehicle.
This country is about choices.
FXjohn