America's love affair with sport-utilities may be cooling a bit.
In a survey last fall by AutoPacific Inc., 44 percent of the respondents said they will consider buying a sport-utility next, compared with 51 percent a year earlier.
However, sport-utilities still lead all automotive segments in consideration for next vehicle purchase; Sport-utilities overtook mid-sized cars in the company's 1997 study.
AutoPacific President George Peterson said sport-utilities' decline could be due to exciting new cars entering the market and negative news stories about sport-utilities.
But the Santa Ana, Calif., research company's study indicates that sport-utility …
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