Doug Kanter wrote:

"Steve" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote:
The fact is that anything "geared like a truck" is inappropriate for maybe
90% of the people who buy such vehicles. I'm not saying that a carpenter,
mason or landscaper shouldn't have a pickup truck. But, it's just plain
stupid that soccer mommies are driving around in SUVs which, by design,
get
hideous gas mileage.

There are different kinds of SUVs, many (most?) of which are built on
a car chassis. And many are smaller than sedans such as the Accord or
Camry. And some are 4 cylinder. And some are hybrids. But other
than that, they're all trucks that get lousy gas mileage.

OK, but look around as you drive. Are the majority of SUVs things like
RAV-4s, or mid & full size hogs? Here (upstate NY), I mostly see hogs.

But, as you noted just a post earlier, you're obviously seeing fewer as
"the used car lots are full" of them. An observation which should
indicate that market forces do work...

Once upon a time there was a fad for custom-outfitted "conversion vans"
that were at least as gas-hungry and much less road-worthy. They, too,
had a short time when they were near the most popular, if not the most,
new vehicle class sold. Tastes changed, as they will again.