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I'm sure the advertisement done by those companies have nothing to do with them being seen as status symbols (and preferring bigger cars in general)
by mattigames 2y ago
I'm sure the advertisement done by those companies have nothing to do with them being seen as status symbols (and preferring bigger cars in general)
- jimt1234 2y agoIt's also because the used car market in the US is strong.
- thephyber 2y agoScion and Saturn were both recent entry level brands for major car manufacturers. Both of them were subsumed into their parent companies and most of their models were discontinued. If the models were good for business, those would have continued.
- fwip 2y agoNot being "good for business" doesn't mean customers don't want them.
- infecto 2y agoI believe the idea of compact cars being popular in America is more of a Hacker News trope. Over the years, we've repeatedly seen subcompact cars, both EV and ICE, enter the market only to fade away. The reality is that they aren't particularly popular—most Americans simply don't want them.
- switch007 2y agoExactly this. It's the marketing
- mlhpdx 2y agoThe marketing that works on people who then buy cars?