RESURGENT SEDAN MUSCLING PAST SUV

The Boston Globe | September 29, 2004| | Copyright

Almost since the invention of the automobile, the large, elegant sedan dominated the nation's highways, symbolic of America's success and power. But the oil crises of the 1970s put a serious crimp in that gas-guzzling style, and Americans went through the '80s driving smaller, high-mileage cars, often compact and subcompact imports.

In the '90s, when abundant fuel and a good economy might have spawned a comeback of the family sedan, SUVs and pickup trucks became the muscular status symbols of drivers and the profit center of US car companies.

Today, tastes are changing again. SUV and minivan ...

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