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...wait, what about the wife and cute little girl? Their jeep has been rigged with a bomb that is set go off exactly four weeks after "Speed" opens. That's right, the same idea (slow down and you blow up) that is driving the hit movie "Speed" has been transplanted into the engine of Dove's wife for the big finale chase scene. it's ironic that a movie that is this groundbreakingly bad ends up mirroring another action film in its conclusion...
...understand what makes the descendants of the Jeep the hottest vehicles of the 1990s, consider this fact: one of Chrysler's biggest challenges four years ago was to design the Grand Cherokee so the CD player wouldn't skip when going over rocks...
...they perform the neat psychological function of persuading baby boomers that reaching middle age has not turned them into grownups. "They don't carry the same label of suburban domesticity as our vans do," says Chrysler vice president Bernard Robertson, general manager of the company's light truck and Jeep division. "We get letters all the time saying, 'I've got a Mercedes or BMW, but I always drive the Jeep...
With such safari fantasies within reach, few owners -- or manufacturers -- have given much thought to the low gas mileage that could limit the appeal of these cars during the next energy crunch. Jeep Grand Cherokees equipped with V-8 engines get only 14 m.p.g. in city driving, for example, compared with 20 m.p.g. for the comparably priced Chrysler Concorde sedan. But carmakers profess few worries. "In America gasoline prices are so cheap they're virtually irrelevant," says a Mercedes official. "And in Europe the high cost of gasoline doesn't play a role with those who can afford these vehicles...
...from last year's pace. General Motors alone eliminated 17,000 jobs in the first quarter even though it plans to boost output 5.4% this year. (Such labor cutbacks have not stopped GM, Ford and Chrysler from raising prices on popular models like the Chevrolet pickup and the Jeep Grand Cherokee.) Overall, the hourly output of Detroit's workers has been increasing at an annual rate of 6.5%, while wages have grown just...