When they can start getting 40-50 mpg in a van/SUV that I can haul kids around in, and if need be pull a trailer or a boat, etc... let me know. Sure not every needs that but who are you to tell me I can't. I pay extra taxes if it costs more then 30K, I pay higher fuel costs, plus a tax surcharge if it doesn't get enough MPG.
Good luck with your little VW/hybrid in a snow storm, or major flooding, or hauling wood back to heat your house to save on heating fuel, or going camping with the boy scouts, family.