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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a boomer-ism and very much an 80s and 90s-ism to drive a crummy car. Look at movies like "Something About Mary" (1998). Mary drove a new Dodge Durango; a fine SUV but certainly not flashy or luxury. The male characters all drove crummy old Chrysler, Chevy, and Ford economy cars. It was normal to drive crummy cars when the cost of living was cheap. Now-a-days it's unheard of for a successful family to have any clunkers in the driveway.

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I went down a rabbit hole. 2000s pop culture seemed to help make new luxury cars more mainstream.

Final season of The Sopranos (2007) the dad is driving a new Cadillac Escalade, mom is driving a new Porsche Cayenne, son is driving a new BMW M3, and daughter is driving a new Lexus IS.

Mean Girls (2004) the wealthy cool mom drives a new BMW X5, one of the girls drives a new Cadillac Escalade, and Regina drives a new Lexus SC convertible.

Keeping up with the Kardashians (2007-2021) famously made the Land Rover Range Rover and especially the Mercedes G-Wagon their unofficial cars.

The OC (2003-2007) Seth’s parents drove a new Land Rover Range Rover and BMW 7-Series, the main girls drove new BMWs and a new Ford Mustang convertible, Seth's grandpa drove new Aston Martins and Bentleys.[/quote]

This is because around 2000 car companies started really getting in on sponsorship of tv shows, both regular and reality. All of those wb tv shows and mtv reality shows started getting car brand and dealership sponsors, along with sponsors for everything else. [/quote]

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