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...points in the first quarter of 2003. Toyota is just a couple of market-share points from passing Chrysler, the smallest of the Big Three. Though it is narrowing the quality gap, Detroit today squeezes almost all its earnings out of "light trucks," an industry category that includes SUVs and pickups. But the transplants are attacking that bastion. Toyota is adding capacity for its full-size pickup, the Tundra, with a new plant set to open in 2006 in San Antonio, Texas. And later this month, Nissan will inaugurate a new plant (now in test mode) in Canton, Miss., where...
...Wing," has an average viewer household income of over $75,000 - $10,000 higher than the second-richest show, "Ed," also on NBC. (A fact that probably kept the incessantly quirky bowling-alley drama on the air despite its middling ratings - while other shows with more viewers but fewer SUV buyers got canceled.) Zucker hammered home the point, combining it with a warning against being seduced by unpredictable reality shows' ratings: "When you buy NBC, you're buying quality and stability." It was like attending a life insurance convention...
...self-propelled RVs, as opposed to ones that must be towed--are surprisingly efficient. Winnebago CEO Bruce Hertzke notes that his company's sleek mini--motor home, the 22-ft., $62,000 Rialta, comes with a kitchen, double bed and bathroom and gets better gas mileage than the SUV he drives to work...
...recognized the risk he was taking by even agreeing to meet Lukovic. "If Milosevic wanted to kill me, Legija would have been the one to do it," Djindjic told Time a few months later. The two men met late at night in the back of Legija's late-model suv. Lukovic was wearing regulation fatigues and carrying two pistols; Djindjic was dressed casually and unarmed. Lukovic agreed that Milosevic "was history" and said he would not intervene to quell any uprising. "He looked bored," Djindjic added. Times have changed. Milosevic is long gone, on trial for war crimes...
...collision, a high riding SUV can plow over the hood or door sill of a smaller car and crush the passenger compartment. Several new SUVs incorporate safety bars or design features to prevent such incidents...