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...inspired rear-wheel-drive platform--like the Dodge Magnum that hit dealerships in June--appear to be selling on their merits, rather than being pushed by profit-killing finance incentives. "It looks more like a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley," says John Dickens, 64, who traded in his Lexus SUV, worth $65,000 new, for a 300C at a dealership in Athens, Texas...
This epiphany came last Friday when I cut off a Toyota SUV. After I slipped in front of him, the driver decided to pull alongside me on the right and then cut me off in return. He slowed down in front of me, dropping from 50 to 40 to 30 m.p.h.. The hazard lights came on at 25 m.p.h. and flashed all the way down to a cruising speed of 5 m.p.h...
...couple of choices: pass him; tailgate him; push his car off the road. Passing him reminded me too much of the non-violent teachings from my Quaker high school. Pushing him off the road was a rewarding option, but impractical for a little car versus an SUV. So I settled on tailgating, and the two of us crawled down the highway at 5 m.p.h., locked in low-speed combat...
Coming out of the courthouse last week, Martha Stewart put on a brave face, smiling for the cameras before ducking into her black SUV. But if her appeal process is exhausted, Stewart's new life will be no cakewalk. She will most probably spend her five-month sentence at a minimum-security "prison farm" in Danbury, Conn., just 20 miles from her home in Westport. Like other inmates at the facility, where hotel queen Leona Helmsley served time for tax evasion, Stewart will wear a khaki uniform and black, steel-toed shoes and work 7 1/2 hours...
Roadblocks for the SUV? SUVs aren't cheap to begin with, but they may soon be getting a lot more expensive in France. Environment Minister Serge Lepeltier is pushing a new green-tinged plan this month that, beginning next year, would tax automobiles according to their size and the amount of their noxious emissions. Under the scheme, the biggest 4x4 would be subject to a surcharge as high as €3,500, while purchasers of small, clean cars would receive a rebate. The plan is controversial in the French government and still needs final approval. But it reflects growing official...