> Consumers weren't tricked, brainwashed, hoodwinked, scammed, or flabbergasted-- customers did not want them so they didn't buy them so manufacturers stopped selling them
Consumers were marketed to -- i.e. tricked, brainwashed, hoodwinked, and scammed[1] -- into not wanting them so manufacturers could stop selling them and sell them SUVs in stead.
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[1]: Not flabbergasted, though; that means something else.
Consumers were marketed to -- i.e. tricked, brainwashed, hoodwinked, and scammed[1] -- into not wanting them so manufacturers could stop selling them and sell them SUVs in stead.
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[1]: Not flabbergasted, though; that means something else.