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Re:Edinburgh, Scotland makes it illegal to advertise SUVs by treyd on Sunday June 16, 2024 @03:09PM (#40699313)
People bought them because the advertising promoted them. They were advertised them because it let the manufacturers meet a lower emissions standard and pay a lower cost to manufacture the vehicle. It's not a conspiracy, it's not individual choice, it's just economics and marketing.
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Re:Edinburgh, Scotland makes it illegal to advertise SUVs by lolinder on Sunday June 16, 2024 @03:15PM (#40699365)
I'm ready and willing to believe that marketing is part of the story, but I'm far from willing to believe that it's the whole story. This other commenter explains a lot of the benefits that people find from SUVs far better than I could myself:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40699325

This isn't a diamond ring situation where someone created demand out of nothing.

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