Automobile industry - pros and cons of SUV

So not sure you know but my current client at S* is Nissan, the car manufacturer. It's all new to me and certainly very different from my last health project.

Anyway i am learning about the Nissan range of cars, about the love the Americans have towards their cars (i never realised but it is a real relationship, identification to an image, it appears to me even stronger here than anywhere in Europe, but may be it is because living in London, where a car is a NONO, i never was sensitive to it all)
So i am getting great by the day recognising different models, especially on the freeway (see how i get the lingo and say freeway instead of motorway) i can spot an Xterra from a Frontier from a Murano, if you want more details please go to www.nissanusa.com (great publicity, isn't it?) anyway, where was i, yes murano is actually my favorite of them all, a stylish SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) but let's talk about SUV, i find them quite attractive and fun but are they really necessary? well they are really robust but do people really need them in town, in the city of London Ken Livingstone wants to get SUV owners to pay a tax on them and i have to say i share his opinion: SUV make sense in mountains or in the countryside but does 'the mother of three' need it to bring her kids to school, especially since they probably are not environmental friendly and consume a lot of gas. Well i have found the answer to 'SUV or not SUV, that is the question'last week, while driving with Matia. As we were on our way to the house to bring back some delicious caprese (from Bay Cities) to Arati and Survana auntie, this massive SUV bumps and crashes it into us. Gosh how solid, strong and powerful it was against our little Toyota.
My conclusion is an SUV makes sense in town, cos the girl's (yes it was a girl) car had not even a scratch on her car but Matia's car had no left side left ......Matia reacted very well and was very calm, the girl annoyed me a bit, she did not even ackowledge she was wrong when she crossed double yellow line but i guess i am derailing....the conclusion is buy an SUV, NIssan preferably but i guess there is so much influence i can have!!!