Syed took the second construction worker's utility truck and fled to Orange.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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It doubts they would stand up in a collision with a delivery truck or a sport utility vehicle.

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With the drapes pulled tight, they spent the next six hours hashing out design features for a slew of new Fords that could be sold globally, including the next-generation Focus and a midsize car, and a small crossover utility vehicle (a combination of a car and truck).

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Instead, for every customer who wants real-time usage information, a truck roll and on-site coordination with the incumbent utility is required, costing thousands of dollars per transaction.

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This is significant, according to the foundation, as 40 percent of pedestrians that were killed or injured were struck by a pickup truck, van, or S.U.V. (sport utility vehicle) in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available.

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