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...Hess station looks more like a Starbucks, but the gas pumps give it away.) The Grubmans were always pleasant on these weekend jaunts, insists a Hess employee, who asked to remain anonymous. But each time they came, he notes, they would park their car (sometimes a Jaguar, sometimes an SUV) in the same spot, right outside the front door, the one labeled for the handicapped...
...finally, in a show of true bipartisanship, Billy Tauzin and John Dingell let the SUV get away...
...despite what you may have heard about strong auto sales lately, SUVs, minivans and light trucks are about the only way Detroit makes any money these days - and that just happens to be the sector under heaviest attack from Japanese brands. And the U.S. carmakers losing ground. Just this quarter, General Motors registered a 73% decline in net income, in party because of competition from Japanse car companies for the coveted SUV market. Congressmen from the Motor City don't ask too much of the auto industry in the middle of a manufacturing recession and overall slowdown...
...hurdles that were once so debilitating to each company. Reilly, who just opened a second dealership in Alexandria, Va., says warranty claims are down 50%. Meanwhile, according to AutoPacific, an industry consultancy, customer satisfaction is up: the organization has just ranked the Santa Fe as America's top compact SUV. Says AutoPacific president George Peterson: "This is a testament to the excellent progress Hyundai is making in product development...
...seems to me that Acme has quantifiable reasons for charging speeders for speeding. An SUV hurtling along at 83 m.p.h. rather than 65 m.p.h. costs more in wear and tear, accidents, insurance and lives. What critics quickly devolve to is the slippery slope: Where will it all end? Their answer: a police state...