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The pickup truck and Sport Utility Vehicle had pretty much taken over the industry in the past few years. Detroit's auto show had started to resemble a monster truck rally -- each year bigger and scarier looking 4x4s getting their debut.
Indeed companies like Ford and GM have become addicted to high-profit trucks and SUVs to keep their heads above water. In 2002 the sales of trucks and SUVs in the US exceeded the sale of cars for the first time. While 2003 continued on that trend, there are signs that an SUV fashion backlash is brewing, and a new generation is showing more interest in cars.
... The potential benefits of PZEV's may be far more sweeping, at least in the short term, than the gains from hybrid cars," Jim Montavalli wrote ...
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