Originally Posted by
Roody
You make it sound like car marketers put a gun to consumer's heads and forced them to buy big vehicles. The car companies were ALL (including Toyota and Subaru) selling SUVs and pickups because that's what people wanted. To say that people are too stupid to know what kind of car they "really want" marks you as arrogant or elitist. The only reason people aren't buying SUVs right now is that we're in a severe recession and they either can't get the credit or they're scared they'll lose their jobs before they get it paid off.
People know exactly what they want. They just don't what the
can want,
should want, or need.
Which leads me to direct people to the first link in my sig. :-)