That's absolutely true....to an extent. Obviously demand for faux-SUVs has exploded over the last decade-or-so, but I do think a little caution is required. After all, Ford told us that demand had dropped for the Fiesta because people were buying the Puma, but what was really happening was that, with the production challenges during Covid, Ford basically stopped producing the Fiesta, so customers who wanted a Ford could basically have a Puma or nothing. They weren't the only ones either. I went into a Mazda dealer here in Jeddah a couple of years ago to enquire about an MX-5 and the salesman told me they'd had orders from above that they basically weren't allowed to submit orders for anything other than SUVs and crossovers.
It makes absolute sense of course, as these types of cars allow manufacturers to charge more for what is basically the same thing, but it's still not cool and, let's face it, most of these crossover things are utter, utter gash.