"Those early attempts showed the companies were immature in terms of style, content, quality and reliability," says George Peterson, President of the marketing and consulting firm AutoPacific.

营销及咨询公司太平洋汽车(AutoPacific)的总裁乔治·彼得森说：“早期的尝试表明这些公司在式样、内容、质量和可靠性上不够成熟。”

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Mr. JIM HALL (AutoPacific Inc.): The competition in the market really is absolutely fierce.

NPR: Auto Watchers Underwhelmed by U.S. Designs

Dave Sullivan, an analyst with the consulting firm AutoPacific, says the higher-priced, fully-loaded versions of the Cherokee should be very capable.

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According to a series of studies by AutoPacific, a market-research firm, American motorists are reluctant to trade size and performance for the better fuel-economy they seem to desire.

ECONOMIST: Fuel economy