Why

For many years, 4 wheel drives especialy suv's.
All suv's genaraly do is same thing any sedan would do. How many drivers
of suv's have put it in 4wheeldr and driven thru someone's property?
Sounds like a good way to buy yourself much trouble.
If you plow snow, 4wheel is mandatory. But how many awant to have to buy
a plow and equipment to plow? Not many I'd guess.
But I lived up in the Rockies. many years back. In a county that was
80% FS and BLM. FS roads were smoother than alo6t of streets here in MA.
They also went for miles but then they became no better than trails. At
the time i had a 1971 International Scout geared low. Could do what a
Hummer would do.
The Hummer is perhaps the most ridiculous. It was an military vehicle
designed for for slogging thru swamps to prerve the American Way.
Hummers started appearing in US cities. Aperson uses less sense buying
this as if he bought a semitractor.