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...crisis. Indeed, when DaimlerChrysler began showcasing it last fall in the U.S. through its Freightliner division (until this year the Mog has been available only in Europe and Asia), the Sierra Club dubbed it "Daimlersaurus Wrecks." But, hey, it's more intimidating than the Hummer and more versatile. Each truck can be customized from its bare chassis. Just check out these options...
...wife paralyzed. They were on a tour of Tainan county to thank supporters in an election he had just lost. His wife, Wu Shu-chen, a narrow-framed woman with a thin face, was walking at the head of the party, Chen was toward the back. A black truck came roaring around a corner and struck Wu, running over her legs. The driver stopped, put the truck in reverse and then backed over her. Chen swears it was a politically motivated attack and that he had been threatened by gangsters during the campaign. He had not heeded the threats...
...credible eyewitness saw McVeigh construct his 2-ton bomb, nor could anyone positively identify him as the driver of the Ryder truck who parked the explosives beneath the Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. Prosecutors based their case on evidence that showed McVeigh planned the bombing, rented the Ryder truck, moved into a nearby motel to make preparations and bought a 1977 Mercury as a getaway car. The testimony of McVeigh's friend Michael Fortier, who admitted to helping McVeigh plan the bombing, and the traces of explosives found on McVeigh's clothing were particularly damning. And McVeigh...
...figures it's payback for all those insufferable, phony-rich, new-economy yuppies in their view-blocking, death-dealing, friend-of-OPEC SUVs. "Gas will probably go to $3, and I applaud it," says the retired computer-company executive as he fills the tank of his light pickup truck at a station in Los Angeles. "I'd like to see all gas guzzlers off the road...
...FUEL EFFICIENCY With Ford and GM arguing over who is greener, it may be time to raise fuel-efficiency rules. Closing the light-truck loophole that holds SUVs to a lower standard could save almost a billion barrels of oil a year...