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Flashy wheels come with other downsides too. For an extra $8,000 or $10,000, a dealer will happily upgrade the standard 17-in. wheels on an SUV to 22- or even 24-in. rims, which often requires shaving off part of the wheel well. Plus-size rims have to be paired with thinner tires, which means the ride gets bumpier, the braking distance increases and the turning radius is diminished. "Instead of making a three-point turn, you might have to do a 16-point turn," says John Jarasa, editor of Dub, one of a handful of magazines that...
...prototype of some supercar of the future? Nope, it's just Nissan's Infiniti FX35, a cross between a sports car and an SUV. Lipscombe, 36, an attorney in Santa Barbara, Calif., opted for a series of add-ons that have turned the latest Infiniti into a state-of-the-art technological marvel. Hundreds of thousands of other Americans are doing likewise, shelling out for cool gadgets that can help with the drive, entertain backseat passengers and--though there's some disagreement here--make the trip safer. These add-ons are pumping some fuel into the auto industry's depleted...
...year by 2008, an increase of 1.6 million vehicles since 2002. The transplants alone are adding enough capacity for an additional 1 million vehicles. Hyundai is building a plant in Montgomery, Ala.--the first Korean auto-assembly factory in the U.S.--to make Sonata sedans and Santa Fe SUVs. Mercedes-Benz (owned by DaimlerChrysler, based in Stuttgart, Germany) is doubling capacity at its SUV facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala. And BMW recently expanded its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., where lines run overtime to produce Z4 roadsters and X5 SUVs. Detroit's automakers are by no means sitting still...
...able to make several types of vehicles on one assembly line, which can cut investment 25% for a new model and allow for efficiently altering the model mix based on changes in demand. At Toyota's operation in Princeton, Ind., a single line cranks out the full-size Sequoia SUV and Sienna minivan. What's novel: the Sequoia is built on a frame, while the Sienna, as a "unibody" vehicle, isn't. Toyota's line is the first in North America to assemble such fundamentally different vehicles. By 2005, five of Toyota's nine U.S. lines will produce multiple models...
...executive Robert Lutz, 71, is emerging: Cadillacs are rolling out with bold designs and high performance, Chevy is launching the SSR pickup convertible, and Pontiac is reviving its 1960s muscle car, the GTO. In areas of engineering weakness, GM is swallowing its pride and outsourcing: Saturn's 2004 VUE SUV will use Honda engines...