WHY DO PEOPLE STlLL BUY SUV'S?
464505
Because it's like wearing fur, it says, "I'm so rich that the rest of the world's economics don't even touch me. And moral obligations to not add to our soldiers dieing and our planets resources running out don't affect me either." Its a status thing, us low life Toyota drivers could never understand the social pressures.
323760
Because there idiots and think there "pimping" out their car, but it just looks like a crap care with better stuff on it then the car deserves.
493533
They can buy it, but most of them choose not to.  They typically drive without auto insurance.  Each year thousands of Americans fall victim to uninsured illegal drivers.
198664
Any intelligent person who wanted a sports car and had the money would buy the car you just described. It's a no brainer.
874088
VW's are on the upper end of affordable.  I do think that in general rich kids are the ones driving.\n\nI really like the new Passat.  I like the new tail lights.  I also like the head lights.  Those are big things for me, the lights.
499565
No. You save more money if you get a group of people to run behind a minivan. Yeah for carpooling.
1114007
What's with them is the fact that they don't know how to honor a committment. They are selfish in that they guage the success of their marriage on how THEY feel.  Once the new car smell goes away, they think it's time to trade for a new one.   It takes effort to keep a marriage exciting and to pull through the periods of time when things are a little low, which is inevitable.   However, a lot of people are too into themselves and not their marriage.
542639
Increased sales...which means more profit for the company, allowing it to grow.\n(Are you refering to their new tv commercials where there is a camera in the car upon impact? EXCELLENT commercials - the first of their kind.  These promotions will attract customers whose number one reason for buying a car is safety).
157653
i like them in big suv's.
115292
go to autozone or online, duh! besides, grand am s are gay.\nsell it and get a honda or something.
413918
From an economic standpoint they're actually quite IRrational.  Demand is almost inelastic.  While prices have risen drastically in the last few years, neither driving nor car purchase decisions have changed drastically.  While it is true that SUV sales are crashing, they're being replaced by cars that get marginally better mileage, at best.  The oil boycott of the 70s moved a massive segment of the market from big V8 sedans getting 11 mpg to tiny 4 cylinders getting 25 mpg.  These days it seems to be all image, trading the Escalade and Explorer that gets 15 mpg for the Freestyle or Pacifica that gets 18 mpg.  And there's still just one person in each vehicle...\n\nThis is, of course, the US.  But while the European model has better mileage figures and smaller cars, it is similarly stagnant to any real change.
460205
You can get a much better used domestic for the money than you can for an import. THis is due to the fact that most people will go for the used import (even though imports DO break down just as much as domestics) so there prices are usually higher.
49126
I'm for it... there are so many reasons. One, to reinforce. Two, for one to learn to work alone and with others(a parent, tutor or friend). Three, it really does prepare you for the real world when you will have to do homework ALL the time. WHat car to buy, what insurance to get, what bank to deal with, etc.
1092412
People do it because they're lazy and rude.  They think their need for convenience overrides the law and respect for others.\n\nSometimes, don't you just want to ram your grocery cart into their cars?
696244
I am a VW kind of person and proud of it!!!!\nLove them - had only two of them in\nthe past 18 years - I know - you think wimp -\nbut I tell you - I have better ways to spend\nmy money, than on macho, super, big and\ngas-guzzling trucks!!
326527
As a former owner of a maverick (madmav) it is an instant race car so racers are scarfing them up as fast as they can find them. This is assuming it is a two door.  My car was far from perfect and I sold it for $3000.  A six cyl car in good shape can go up to $2500 for mint cars.  V8 cars bring more.  It all depends on the cars condition and region your in.  I want to find another, my car would fly. Gas prices were killing me though.
172562
Same reason a Mercedes Benz costs more than a Geo Metro, both will get you from point A to Point B but their costs are dramatically different.  If people will pay it, they will charge it.