But she points out that on Honda's more recently revamped CR-V compact utility vehicle, Bluetooth hands-free technology is available on the midprice LX model.
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Now, along with features about the 2007 Edge, a so-called compact utility vehicle due out in November, the 103-year-old company's latest troubles also get aired.
But foreign-based brands have equally appealing models coming, such as Nissan's Titan pickup, BMW's X3 compact Sport Utility Vehicle and Honda's as yet unnamed pickup-sport utility truck.
Carmakers quickly refocused their manufacturing efforts towards so-called crossover vehicles or compact sports utility vehicles (SUVs) which combine the looks and high-riding positions of full-size SUVs with the better handling, the lower carbon dioxide emissions and the improved fuel economy of ordinary cars.
But foreign-based brands have equally appealing models coming, such as Nissan 's (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) Titan pickup, BMW's X3 compact Sport Utility Vehicle and Honda 's (nyse: HMC - news - people ) as yet unnamed pickup-sport utility truck.
Ford's first hybrid vehicle, a version of the compact Escape sport utility, won't go on sale until late 2004.
Cadillacs including the ATS and compact SRX sport utility also will help Cadillac in growth markets such as Brazil, Russia and China, he said.
Nissan said Thursday that its U.S. sales in November increased 19% from a year earlier to 85, 182 autos amid strong demand for the company's Rouge compact sport-utility vehicle and Frontier pickup truck.
John Davis, chief nameplate engineer for Ford's compact cars and utility vehicles, said it's all designed to improve the driving experience: from making the 550-mile trek down Highway 99 from Sacramento to San Diego to the daily 20-mile one-way trip to work - the distance some reports suggest the average American commutes.
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