The OJ Chase and the SUV Craze...

[RPM]

New theory: the popularity of the SUV was inspired by OJ's famous ride with AC in the white bronco.

Discuss.

[DS1]

1. No way, it was cross between The A-Team and Knight Rider that

drew everyone to the middleground

[NV Whino]

2. Naw

SUVs were hyped by Ford and GM way before OJ.

[RPM]

3. true, but once the OJ thing went down....

...popularity seemed to soar.

Coinidence?

[NV Whino]

4. Yes, a coincidence

The auto companies (and the oil companies) have put big bucks into promoting bigger is better to Americans. Obviously OJ bought into it.

[AlCzervik]

5. Maybe not the SUV craze but David Hasselhoff swears it hurt his career

his big concert was on the same night and OJ chase started at around the same time.

[eternalburn]

6. Did OJ's Bronco go "off-road" at anytime during that chase?....

....

Seems to me that would be the point of having one for a getaway vehicle :)

[RPM]

7. nope

as is the case with many current suburban SUV grocery getters, it never went off-road.

however, unlike most SUV drivers today, Al Cowlings kept the speed below 40 MPH...

[sally343434]

8. Not exactly

SUV's were popular back then. But the OJ "chase" did cause an enormous increase in sales for the model Cowlings was driving (a Bronco?) I remember there being news stories about dealers saying people were coming in like crazy asking to get the "same as OJ."

Yeah, the country is f'd up.