Interesting, this trend is obvious in my corner of America but I've always attributed that to the winter weather conditions when AWD & high clearance come in ha

Interesting, this trend is obvious in my corner of America but I've always attributed that to the winter weather conditions when AWD & high clearance come in handy (local gov. can be really bad at clearing snow despite it's yearly occurrence). Perhaps the demographic that needs a car in England is more likely to also need (or feel like they need) an SUV while those who wouldn't need/want an SUV may not need/want a car a all. i.e those that live in cities with decent public transport get by without any car while those out in rural England find an SUV more practical.