It will adorn a new crossover that represents a big departure for the brand in terms of styling.
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The Buick Rendezvous, the new "crossover" (a vehicle that combines the smooth ride of a sedan with some of the ruggedness of a sports utility vehicle), sold 6, 491 in October and looks like a moneymaker.
The Buick Rendezvous, the new "crossover" (a vehicle that combines the less bumpy ride of a sedan and some of the ruggedness of a sports utility vehicle), sold 6, 491 in October and looks like a moneymaker.
Ford Motor hopes the new Lincoln MKC small crossover will lure younger, progressive luxury buyers to its showrooms, where it is stepping up personal client services in an effort to set itself apart from larger luxury brands.
Many of the models among our 10 Best Cars For New Parents are compact crossover SUVs that are well suited to chauffeur little ones by virtue of their tall and horizontal rooflines that minimize the machinations of getting infants and toddlers in and out of their car seats without suffering undue discomfort.
Others even invest in already public new businesses, so-called crossover investing.
Ford long ago decided to reduce production of its top-selling Explorer SUV in anticipation that its customers might switch to its new car-based so-called crossover SUV, the Ford Freestyle.
One welcome addition to Ford's lineup is a full-sized, seven-passenger crossover vehicle based on the new Ford Fairlane concept, a boxy amalgam of a sport utility vehicle and a minivan that was popular at recent auto shows.
Labour contracts are fixed until 2015, while new cars, such as the Chevrolet Equinox crossover, are keeping downsized factories humming at near capacity.
The company's new product blitz includes the 350Z roadster, the Murano crossover sport utility vehicle and the redesigned Maxima sports sedan.
More are on the way -- the talk of this year's big Detroit auto show was all about "crossover" vehicles such as Ford's new Edge and Acura's RDX, while even Mini is planning to build a wagon version of its beloved Cooper hatchback.
Some of those included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Benchmark Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), which invested in some real losers that dragged down the returns of their portfolios.
The Gore camp's decision about how to deploy Clinton came amid several new national polls that raise warning signs about the degree of crossover support among Democrats for Bush.
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Catherine Moore, director of the Music Business graduate program at New York University's Steinhardt School, says in the world of crossover music the difficulty is in genres, such as indie rock, that are more songwriter-based and where the lyrics are very important.
"It is essential to find key collaborators to work on new discoveries and push them into the mainstream, " she says, citing the potential crossover between architecture and industry, such as car making.
Chrysler has a handful of smaller-volume hopefuls, like a redesigned Chrysler Sebring sedan, a new Chrysler Aspen SUV, a small SUV for Dodge called the Nitro and a Jeep crossover called the Patriot.
The catalysts were the new Verano, a compact based on the Chevrolet Cruze, and the Enclave, a big crossover SUV, that got a facelift last year.
As for new parents McCorry and Koesterer, like so many of their ilk they settled on a small crossover SUV as their first bona fide family car.
GM's all-new full-sized pickups will hit dealer lots early next year, along with a pair of large crossover SUVs for GMC and Saturn, called Acadia and Outlook.
The hottest-selling segments in the auto business should continue to be fuel-efficient small and midsize cars and crossover SUVs (including compact models), which combined account for around two-thirds of all new-vehicle sales according to Autodata.com.
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