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...Baby Benz, expected to start around $25,000. And get this: DaimlerChrysler will officially launch in the U.S. the Smart brand that has been such a hit on Europe's narrow roads--showing off models like the Fortwo, a two-seat runt you could practically stuff into a Hummer. Mercedes-Benz, which has sold Smart cars for DaimlerChrysler in Canada since last fall, aims to have a model at U.S. dealerships by 2006, marketed to parking-challenged urban drivers...
...room, horsepower and the perceived safety of large vehicles--making small cars an inherently tough sell. "Americans have a hard time with small," says Clotaire Rapaille, an automotive consultant who psychoanalyzes consumer behavior and theorizes that deep down what we all really want is to wrap ourselves in a Hummer (a brand also downsizing with a new model...
...perfect costume—unique and identifiable, humorous yet attractive and preferably under $20. While the stress can be overwhelming, take heart—the Cambridge/Boston area is a Mecca for costumes. Whether you are looking to be a devil, Batman or even a “Dr. Juanna Hummer,” your outfit can be found on the racks of one of these FM-vetted stores. It’s just waiting for you to claim it, rock it and make everyone around you uncomfortably aware that—compared to you—their costume is really...
...latest sales trends don't augur well for such vehicles. Sales of some full-size SUVs, such as the Ford Excursion and Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, fell during the first four months of the year, with a sharp drop in April, while sales of GM's mighty Hummer H2 tanked 25%. Smaller SUVs and crossover models are gaining momentum. "The mix is shifting down, and that's something we haven't seen in quite a while," Girsky says. GM plans to temporarily halt assembly lines at an SUV plant near Oklahoma City, Okla., this week--one of the few times...
Mike McCall tends just a small garden on his quarter-acre plot outside Tampa, Fla. But he owns the Hummer of all yard machines, what he calls a lawn mower on steroids. Cradled in the plush, high-backed seat of his John Deere X595, McCall, 34, manicures his lawn in a quick 20 minutes, smoking a cigar while he cuts the grass--thanks to an automatic transmission, cruise control and power steering that makes one-handed driving a snap. He can plug a CD player into the 12-volt outlet and sip a beverage from the cup holder. There...