New car models like the Chevrolet Equinox, that combine car and sport utility vehicle elements for more efficiency, led the sales surge, up by 60% last month.

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The key to success in the luxury-car market seems to be to combine a reliable German motor and a lustrous British veneer.

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Even services like Travelocity and Priceline are silos, just ones that combine the silos of hotel, airline and car rental companies.

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At the same time it is weak in hot segments, like crossovers--vehicles that combine the softer ride and better mileage of a passenger car with the four-wheel drive of a sport utility vehicle.

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"If you have customers with enough resources and imagination--and you combine that with our skills--you can get a very special car, " says Bentley Mulliner Director John Killick .

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All three combine to represent the logical future of personal computing: surfing, shopping and downloading the Net from your car, cell phone and TV set, and from portable Internet appliances.

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