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• Chicago Tribune auto letters column.

  - 2004-12-19

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 19--QUESTION: Is it common knowledge that sport-utility vehicles need a breaking-in period of about 10,000 miles before they start getting the gas mileage they claim to get? I've had a...

  Tags: Audi AG, car, Chicago, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., Tribune Co.

• Suspect in hunting shooting spree a distinguished Army rifleman.

  - 2004-11-25

  Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 25--RICE LAKE, Wis. -- As blaze orange-ribbon memorials started appearing on car antennas in this north woods community and grieving residents prepared funerals for six people killed in a deer-hunting trespassing dispute, more details...

  Tags: car, Chicago, rifle, Tribune Co., U.S. Army, Wisconsin

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja column.

  - 2004-11-24

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 24--Got your car ready for winter? Aftermarket accessory companies have offered remote vehicle starters for years, devices that allow you to press a key fob to start the car parked ...

  Tags: car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SALES, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune auto letters column.

  - 2004-11-14

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 14--QUESTION: Why do the gas companies continue to price their gas at the pumps to the tenth of a penny? That may have had relevance when gas was a few cents a gallon...

  Tags: car, Chicago, Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune New Cars column.

  - 2004-11-07

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 7--LACROSSE HUSH SPEAKS VOLUMES OF FIT, FINISH: Buick hasn't introduced a new car since the full-size LeSabre sedan was redesigned for the 2000 model year. To put that into perspective, your...

  Tags: Buick, car, General Motors Corp., sedan, SUV, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja column.

  - 2004-11-05

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 5--CHICAGO--TEEN AUTO PREFERENCES AN AGE-OLD QUESTION: Teenagers want a Volkswagen Beetle, Honda Civic or BMW 3-Series sedan. They don't want a Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Stratus, GMC Envoy, Subaru Legacy or...

  Tags: BMW AG, brand, Branding, car, Chicago, Honda Motor Co., MARKETING, sedan, Subaru, survey, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune auto notebook column.

  - 2004-11-03

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3--LaCROSSE ULTRA A SKETCH OF BUICK'S IMAGINATION: It's Buick's turn. In the two years since General Motors created a Performance Division to develop limited-edition, high-performance versions of existing cars,...

  Tags: brake, BUICK, car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., high-performance, notebook, performance, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.

  - 2004-10-24

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 24--In an industry in which bragging rights are earned by developing the latest and greatest technology, from video screens that pinpoint the quickest route home to satellite communications systems that summon a...

  Tags: aisle, car, Chicago, Chrysler LLC, Honda Motor Co., MARKETING, minivan, NETWORKING, Telephony, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.

  - 2004-10-10

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. -- Mustang is the icon, the crown jewel at Ford Motor Co. Perhaps no other car in Ford history -- OK maybe the Edsel -- has attracted as...

  Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune car notes column.

  - 2004-10-07

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 7--General Motors finally is going to get with the program and offer its first gas/electric car in the 2007 model year. GM will introduce a midsize Chevrolet Malibu sedan that uses ...

  Tags: car, General Motors Corp., hybrid, Toyota Motor Corp., Tribune Co.