Why do higher end vehicles get all the dings and dents?

[FTD]

I try and stay away from vans and SUVs because kids tend to travel in them. However, like several of you, when I park out where there are no other cars, inevitably somebody parks next to me. It makes no sense. Twenty other spaces immediately near by and they park in the one next to me.
My biggest body blushes have been road grit - and an orange cone. Ooops!