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 explai

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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40699325 This isn't a diamond ring situation where someone created demand out of nothing.