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The Ford Excursion's one seriously big SUV with a seriously big rear window. It's the perfect size for writing all sorts of messages — in this case, word that Nikki knows about Dave's affair. Good thing for Dave the Excursion can easily double as a studio apartment. More »
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Russia's crazy-driver population has few rivals around the world in either daring or ingenuity. Then there's whomever decided a Chinese sport utility vehicle that appears to have been bashed in a rollover could get up to freeway speeds. More »
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President Barack Obama, noted Jeep Grand Cherokee afficionado, responding to an interview question today about kicking the SUV habit. He's right. SUV sales are up 19% year-to-date 2010. Americans do like their cars big... like their men. [via @DavidShepardson] More »
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Despite lower gas prices in November, demand for SUVs has faded while sales of pickup trucks have rebounded strongly. Somehow, the spike in gas prices didn’t make pickup trucks uncool. Why? Utility. More »
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Not surprisingly, the implosion of the new pickup/SUV market now means that your '06 Silverado doubles in value every time you fill the tank. Large retail groups such as CarMax are reporting wholesale prices for big pickups have plunged 25% in the last three months alone. With trade-in values making up a significant factor in many new car transactions, dealers are finding themselves squeezed by more truck owners "upside-down" in their loans. With dealers unable to finance new purchases, they've resorted to desperate tactics — like leaving truck owners sitting their with their manhood replacements hanging out, unable to trade it in. More »
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General Motors is planning to extend the current product cycle on its full-size trucks and SUVs, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. New designs had been expected to come in time for the 2012 model year. However GM spokesperson Tom Wilkinson told the Journal that GM was "looking at the whole product portfolio" in an effort to bring more fuel-efficient vehicles to the U.S. market. While the change in product planning should free up much-needed R&D funds, there's little doubt the lukewarm launch of the latest Toyota Tundra and the gas prices-induced slow-motion 2009 Dodge Ram and 2009 Ford F-150 launch train-wrecks influenced top brass at the Ren Cen. More »
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The Car Connection took a shot of what they're saying is the next gen Honda CR-V. If it resembles the Acura RDX that's to be expected as they ride on the same platform. If it also resembles the new Toyota RAV4 and Mazda CX-7, well that's another story. All we can say it's about damn time as the CR-V we have now is one aging example of the early CUV experiment. The design might be lackluster but Honda buyers certainly won't care. More »
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We're not exactly sold on the merits of ethanol, although it makes somewhat more sense in the Midwest than it does anywhere that isn't the Midwest. The problem is, as we've mentioned previously, that ethanol requires significantly more BTUs to produce than it gives back. Combine that with the fact that it can't be shipped via pipeline because it absorbs water, and E85 becomes pretty expensive out on the coasts which is one of the main reasons why E85 (85% ethanol/15% gasoline) isn't really sold out there. Still, the General is planning to build 400,000 trucks and SUVS capable of running E85 next year, allowing more Midwesterners to take advantage of the alternative fuel choice. More »
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While those of us in the industry have been hearing from the General that full-size SUV sales will level off in the wake of Katrina's roundhouses, uppercuts, karate hits and kung fu kicks to the Gulf Coast's oil production capacity, the mainstream media have now picked up on the story, with CNN/Money quoting none other than the Lutzmeister himself immediately post-rollout of GM's new big-size sport-utes: More »
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