Blistering review of the new Mercedes GL's, um, owners
From the LA Times via the SF Chron:
Need has very little to do with it. This segment is about want, naked and unquenchable. It's well established that the vast majority of these vehicles never touch gravel, never carry more than a couple of people, and never tow anything heavier than the weight of their owner's childhood traumas.
Oh, snap. And that's just the tip of a fleet-sinking iceberg; Read the rest if you need a terminal case of cognitive dissonance over your own recent sub-20mpg purchase.