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Now they must persuade us all that long Asian cars, not large American SUVs, are the best things to drive.

Mr Wagoner noted Detroit's Japanese rivals had spent more than a decade trying to match its leadership in SUVs and pick-up trucks.

GM's new vehicles are part of a strategy by the company to shift its focus away from pickup trucks and SUVs.

Although details of the report were not given, it sounds as if GM's future plans still rely heavily on trucks and SUVs.

Dearer copper or oil did not halt construction at Chinese shopping malls or convince Americans to sell their SUVs immediately.

Just as most SUVs will never leave the comfort of paved suburbia, so too is the X6 M as much about potential as it is about practice.

Chevys were to be the volume products, alongside slightly grander Buicks, luxury Cadillacs and the SUVs of GMC.

One thing that really surprised me was the number of luxury sedans and SUVs, brands like BMWs and Mercedes, on the city streets.

Sales of Mercedes-Benz and BMW SUVs are booming in a country whose primary commuter vehicle, until recently, was the humble bicycle.

GM said the discounts are primarily needed to keep demand rolling on trucks and SUVs.

David Champion, senior director of Consumer Reports' auto-testing division, says he would still steer young drivers away from large SUVs.

SUVs also stand higher off the ground, he says, so more of the force hits the frame below the driver's seat in a side-on crash.

Enormous SUVs and tank-like vehicles like the Hummer compete for showroom space with banal, small sedans.

The platform is adaptable, and the chassis can be used for FWD and AWD applications in both cars and SUVs.

I mean AL you drive those gas guzzling SUVs and limos. Your homes use more electricity in a month than what I use in 10 years.

But the segment had been expanding, driven largely by a proliferation of compact SUVs, or crossovers.

At full capacity, the Canton plant can produce 400, 000 vehicles a year, including sedans, minivans, SUVs and pickups.

"Clearly the oil situation, gas situation, has had an impact on bigger SUVs, " said Steve Lyons, president of Ford's core Ford division.

Today, almost all cars, trucks and SUVs on the road use some form of electronic fuel injection.

Great Wall avoided some of the issues that hamper its peers, including copycat designs, and has chosen a niche market in SUVs.

I find this phenomenon akin to the "Support the Troops" bumper stickers on SUVs in the U. S. It's just so tacky.

We need to conserve petroleum. ­ . . . stop building big cars & SUVs as an immediate step. Nothing less than 40 MPG for cars.

Automakers reported further drops in sales of trucks and SUVs, sport utility vehicles, in the United States.

Today a new round of testing by the IIHS reveals how the first batch of small SUVs holds up under new roof-strength standards.

With a gallon costing $4, demand for the big pickups and SUVs that provided most of Detroit's profits evaporated.

Shifting away from SUVs and SUV-style diets, to much more energy-efficient alternatives, is key to fighting the warming trend.

On the other end of the spectrum, the list of 'cautious' vehicles is dominated by sedate SUVs, minivans and more sensible cars.

Congressional action this week will center on reducing emissions by raising vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, including those for SUVs.

A woman at a gas station, which has a $13 limit per purchase, let us buy $100 worth for our two SUVs.

Large SUVs and minivans have fallen on the hardest of times in the industry's late downturn, and casualties of the recession mount daily.

GM has historically made larger profits on its largest trucks and SUVs, but the market has since shifted to smaller cars and crossovers.

AUSTRALIAN auto sales surged in 2010 as one of the world's healthiest economies drove consumers into buying SUVs and luxury cars.

Mercedes-Benz has introduced A-class and B-class cars to China and may start making GLK SUVs in its facility in Beijing next year.

But if cities and suburbs put more effort into building better pedestrian routes, he says more people might leave their SUVs at home.

Simultaneously, the city erects the most astonishing, Cyclopean multi-level expressways to induce people off bikes and into SUVs.

Mercedes cars and new SUVs dominate Tomsk's rush hour, and ads for newly-opened Western shops Benetton and Valentino hang above the traffic.

Convertibles are more glamorous, SUVs are tougher and crossovers more practical.

The largest SUVs weigh more than five times as much as a compact car, and are nearly half as long as a city bus.

Most new cars from China's automakers including Chery and BYD unveiled at the show are SUVs and alternative-energy vehicles.

Rather than invest in low-margin cars, GM and the two other Detroit firms concentrated on building profitable pickups and SUVs.

Toyota's full size SUVs are the Sequoia and the Land Cruiser.

Severe crashes between 2000 and 2005 that involved one or two vehicles (cars, pickups, SUVs or vans) were used in the analysis.

Why it's important: Buyers have been shying away from body-on-frame SUVs for years.

Gasoline prices are edging down, which could cool demand for used hybrids and rejuvenate interest in second-hand SUVs.

When all those new fields are on-stream , when the SUVs have been sold and the boilers replaced, the down cycle will take hold.

Set to be priced somewhere between the standard 3-Series and 5-Series, the 3-Series GT will take on the rival luxury wagons and small SUVs.

How the new model will fit in among the X3, X5, and X6 SUVs remains to be seen.

When the light turns green, he heads down the street, when suddenly, several black SUVs surround his car.

With SUVs completely off the table, Jaguar has gained a new focus on improving its passenger car lineup.

A limousine surrounded by a convoy of squad cars and SUVs race into the prison yard.

Research showed the systems could reduce crashes, and in particular could prevent SUVs from skidding and rolling over.

THIS week the death-knell sounded for America's love affair with pick-up trucks and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs).

Its costs are lower, too: it does not buy large white SUVs or employ large white men.

Missing from our list: the crossovers, SUVs and minivans many families use to haul kids, gear and groceries.

SUVs owners are often castigated by treehuggers for their Earth-unfriendly lifestyle.

Critics says SUVs also produce more substances like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides.

A 13% increase in car sales supported the recovery in 2010, but purchases of light trucks and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) led the way.

So what next, a hybrid petrol-electric version of the most macho of luxury SUVs, the Range Rover?

These were not high-sided SUVs, which are prone to rolling over, but its bestselling Camry and Corolla saloons.

Hybrid SUVs from Ford and General Motors (GM) have been slow sellers.

But the Ford brand is still best-known for rugged F-150 pickup trucks and hulking SUVs.

WHAT: The M guys swore it would never happen, but the high-performance division will slap its name on two SUVs.

Rack-and-pinion steering is quickly becoming the most common type of steering on cars, small trucks and SUVs.

SUVs are out, but urban vehicles embodying similar virtues without the unnecessary off- roading skills are still on the rise.

It also sent the model mix haywire, igniting sales of small cars while crushing demand for pickups, SUVs, and even cross overs.

After that, at the second stage, our algorithm categorizes dark cars, light cars, vans and SUVs.

By the spring, with gas prices soaring to $4 a gallon, sales of GM's Hummer SUVs were in free fall.

The Institute didn't choose SUVs or pickup trucks, or even large cars, to pair with the micro and minis in the new crash tests.

The company aggregately sold 225, 000 sedans, SUVs, and pickups in 2009, with a 77% surge year on year.

GM said that it would cut production of SUVs with 50000 fewer vehicles and pare down pickup truck capacity by 88000.

part of the reason that SUVs get such bad gas mileage is the drag on the car.

Millions of less stable, older model SUVs are still on the road.

They drove in SUVs, not in big armored vehicles.

Earlier in the year, record gasoline prices curbed demand for big SUVs and pickups such as the Silverado.

Pickups have especially high theft losses $24 per insured vehicle year compared with $9 for passenger cars and $12 for SUVs.

Works on gas or diesel powered cars, vans, trucks, and SUVs.

Between these two is a host of saloons, coupes, estates and SUVs: 15 model lines in total.

The SUVs also feature an economy mode that keeps the engine below 4500 rpm unless you push the gas pedal all the way to the floor.

Think sports cars and flashy SUVs depreciate the most?

Although demand for SUVs is slumping in most parts of the world, it remains strong in China.

The use of SUVs by UN staff in Nairobi has been rankling some bloggers for some time now.

Rear-view cameras. These are common nowadays on SUVs and luxury cars, mostly as part of expensive option packages.

Negative perceptions on SUVs were at their height in 2006-07, when the oil price was surging and the cars were seen as symbols of excess.

However, many of the new buyers of SUVs in China are more interested in social status than miles per litre.

Having to have everything "our way" we go out and buy Hummers and large SUVs that get at best 15 miles per gallon.

Teens may wind up driving family haulers like SUVs because it's the vehicle their parents have handy to lend.

Customers have switched to smaller SUVs and even to cars, where nimbler rivals such as Toyota, Nissan and Honda are doing much better.

Subaru Outback Because they tend to get better gas mileage than SUVs, wagons have a natural advantage as a zombie-fighting tool.

A drop in sales of fuel-guzzling SUVs in America and increased use of public transport over the past year have been widely noted.

Often, mainstream wheels in the 24- to 26-inch category are being fitted to SUVs.

A drop in sales of fuel-guzzling SUVs in America and increased use of public transport over the past year have been widely noted.

Often, mainstream wheels in the 24- to 26-inch category are being fitted to SUVs.

A century of whaling equates to burning more than 70 million acres of temperate forest or 28, 000 SUVs driving for 100 years, he says.

"It's a beast, and it has squeezed both cars and [large] SUVs at the same time. "

Is it feasible now for GM and Chrysler, which made money on pickups, SUVs and minivans, to small-car their way to prosperity?

At $36, 990 the Grand Vitara 2. 4L Prestige is well equipped and offers good value for money compared to similar priced compact SUVs.

Sales of GM SUVs fell by 30% last year as fuel prices rose; they had been the most profitable cars in the corporation's global line-up.

For example, Figure 10. 11 shows a "picture" of the sound emanating from two SUVs, proving that those gas-guzzlers are noisy too!

And excluding SUVs, last year Chinese consumers bought as many cars as Americans (as recently as 2006, Americans bought twice as many).

They buy huge trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that could go across a desert and back to take their kids to school.

They buy huge trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that could go across a desert and back to take their kids to school.

Subaru recalls 70 SUVs in China over door flaws.

Great Wall sold more SUVs in China last year than any other domestic auto brand.

The Department of transportation continues to study information about SUVs.

Luxury pick-up trucks and SUVs now account for 12-13% of car sales (seasonally adjusted) compared with 18% last year, they point out.

And Volkswagen, which builds SUVs in Slovakia for export, produced 238, 000 cars last year.

SUVs' share of the European market rose from 7 per cent in 2006 to 11. 5 per cent last year, according to JD Power, the consultancy.

Cars outsold trucks and SUVs for the first time since 2000