>I must point out that the manufactures build what sells. So the current selection of cars are just what we ordered. In other words, they are right-sized now. :)

Amazingly though, last night I was flipping back and forth between two local channels, deciding to stay on the one which first finishes the current barrage of commercials and switches to weather forecast - the winner would even get the sound turned on then.

And what was I seeing: both channels were advertising trucks and SUVs, then switched to larger cars and trucks, then SUVs again. Mmm... demand?

OTOH, how come you have to wait a year to buy a Toyota Prius? I have seen only one commercial for it, which ran for a couple of weeks this winter. Anywhere else, I saw it just listed with other models of the same brand, or not even there.

And this "the tank is safer when hit by another tank" that they advertise these big guzzlers with, is not really an ingenious marketing ploy. It's the same ploy that arms manufacturers have always used.