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Article: FUEL ECONOMY ADVOCATES WORRIED BY TREND Gas guzzlers hit the highways again Demand increasing for sport utility vehicles, minivans and pickups
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 30, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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When Elizabeth Stout, a nurse in suburban Maryland, went to trade
in her Nissan Maxima, she decided she wanted something different
after five sedans in 20 years.
She got it: a loaded, V8-powered Ford Explorer, a sport utility
vehicle complete with leather seats, automatic transmission and a
sticker price close to $30,000.
"I have a dog, my boyfriend has a dog, and we take a lot of road
trips," she said. The Explorer is perfect, she said: the roominess,
the zip in the engine, the four-wheel drive that will get her to
work this winter even in several feet of snow.
Did anyone say gas mileage?
"It's not a big deal to me," she said on being reminded that the
Explorer, and the other utility ...