If you go to a new car dealer looking for a small car you will find they have some excuse why the only small cars they have are used -- the factory that made them got washed out in a storm or something.
They'll tell you it is no problem because you can get $5000 or more off a huge vehicle.
E.g. it's clear to me that automakers are hell bent on selling big vehicles, not so clear that it is what consumers really want.
I do know that the American car manufacturers are looking to stop making smaller cars though.
I owned an Elantra and I am not a fan. (Just the scheduled maintenance for the first 100,000 miles is expensive, and I was getting a $200 or so repair bill every month for the last few months with my Elantra)
American dealerships have always tried to talk people out of buying a small car, even at times when there have been great American small cars such as the Neon at the end of it's run or the current Chevy Sonic.
Lately I have been getting this treatment from Honda and Toyota dealerships too. Nissan Sentras are available but I don't want to drive a Sentra.
My family owns a range of Hyundai cars (Elentra -> Sonata, Veolster -> Kona, Santa Fe -> Palisade when it releases) and all those cars have been driven to ~100-200k each. The most we've ever paid is $200/yr for the yearly service (apart from tire cost) + $150 / 2 yrs for interior + HVAC cleaning (for that new car smell).
I've never had a bad experience at the Hyundai dealership (can't say the same for Kia, Nissan and Ford).
Every single thing else (maintenance, oil change etc.) was included when I got my car (for 8 yrs or 200k km).