Ou comment justifier a posteriori des choix stylistiques pour le moins discutables (Toyota, la marque qui laisse des singes dessiner ses voitures)

When you drive a Prius, (...) there’s a “green halo” around you. You make new friends; you get new business opportunities.
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Honda, Ford, Nissan and other car makers sell hybrids, but you can’t pick them out on the road (the Civic hybrid, for instance, looks just like a Civic). The Prius is unmistakable. It marks whoever is driving it as someone who cares about the environment; it’s an act of “conspicuous conservation.

“Conspicuous Conservation” and the Prius Effect (Freakonomics, 21/04/2011)