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Originally Posted by instarx
One True Reason: Big cars make more profit for the carmakers than small cars. 
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In order for this to be a true statement, you
must have one thing: very inexpensive fuel.
In virtually all other markets in the world -- fuel efficiency matters, small cars are the only ones people want, and the automakers structure the profit around those cars.
BMW is considering raising the price of the MINI as we speak for one reason: they can.