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Article: An expanding herd.(Editorials)(SUV sales are up 56 percent over five years)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 6, 2004
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Byline: The Register-Guard
The modern version of the 19th century train passenger gazing out the window at Wyoming bison herds that stretched to the horizon is a 21st century Ford Expedition passenger staring at a rumbling herd of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles stretching both directions on the interstate as far as the eye can see.
The U.S. Census Bureau confirmed Thursday that sales of SUVs have shot up 56 percent in the past five years, with the highest per capita concentration in Wyoming and Colorado. In those two states, where almost one in five licensed drivers is piloting an SUV, there are enough of the tank-like fuel hogs on the highway to ...
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