They're being bought...so either that 99% of buyers are utter fools, or they do have a use for them. Do you not think that
everybody would like to pay less for gas? Yet SUV's are still being bought. I'd say that earns a need factor for them.
And, for the record, I don't know a single soul that bought an SUV with the intentions of driving one person around daily; that's where all my arguments are stemming from.
I don't know what else to say really...

apparently SUV's touch a nerve with you, stovt: Not a problem, Hell - far more minor things touch my nerves.............