[editor-surveyor]

Large vehicles sell because they are the ones that get the job done. Small vehicles sell only when destructive market forces cause fuel prices to climb rapidly. When those prices fall back to normal those less than functional cars hit the used car market like lemming bodies hitting the bottom of the bluff.

[wolf78]

Large vehicles sell because they are the ones that get the job done.

The question is: what job? If you're a small businessman in Montana, sure. If need a ride for the commute from San Francisco to your programming job in Silicon Valley, any car will do, i.e. a Toyota Yaris is just fine.

Small vehicles sell only when destructive market forces cause fuel prices to climb rapidly.

Wrong. Economic allocation of resources postulates that you buy exactly as much car as you need, because that gives you the most bang for the buck. Which is also the essence of capitalism: choice. See example above. The idea that one size has to fit all and that this size is hinged on the idea of a rural utopia is blatantly socialist. The underlying ideology was called "workers' and peasants' state".

When those prices fall back to normal those less than functional cars hit the used car market like lemming bodies hitting the bottom of the bluff.

The idea of "normal" fuel prices is socialist as well. Free markets only know supply and demand.

Bottom line: Market economies improve products by offering alternatives. If you like certain alternatives better than others, that's fine. Nobody forces you to buy an Aveo. But your obsession with other peoples' choices is disturbing.