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A study by JATO has found that modern SUVs are now returning better gas mileage than their passenger car counterparts
A study by JATO has found that modern SUVs are now returning better gas mileage than their passenger car counterparts

Best of both worlds: why are SUVs not as inaccessibly costly to run as they used to be?

A study by JATO has found that modern SUVs are now returning better gas mileage than their passenger car counterparts
A study by JATO has found that modern SUVs are now returning better gas mileage than their passenger car counterparts

The end of the road for the sedan as we know it in North America is nigh.

OK, that might be a bit of an overstatement, but it’s no secret recently major manufacturers have been increasingly moving away from traditional three-box sedans as consumers buy more and more SUVs.

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