Comment by dr_kiszonka

2 months ago

It was explained to me that Americans buy SUVs because they feel safer in them than in, e.g., sedans.

I used to believe that this was the reason too. Now I think that this is just a convenient post-hoc explanation. People tell themselves this when the real truth is that they've been manipulated by a bald-faced marketing coup that appealed to some pretty base desires for self image.