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• Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.

  - 2004-01-04

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--QUESTION: My son is thinking of buying a sport-utility vehicle to take to college next fall. Do the prices of SUVs drop in the spring versus the winter? -- D.S., Tinley Park ...

  Tags: car, Chicago, Honda Motor Co., SUV, Toyota Motor Corp., Tribune Co., VW

• Chicago Tribune Car Notes Column.

  - 2003-08-03

  By Jim Mateja and Rick Popely, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 3--CHRYSLER HAS TEAMED UP with Motorola to test a Driver Advocate system in the Town & Country minivan. With the system, a three-button mechanism on the steering column lets...

  Tags: Chicago, SALES, Toyota Motor Corp., Transportation, Tribune Co., Volkswagen AG, VW

• Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.

  - 2003-06-29

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 29--QUESTION: I have a 1996 Volkswagen Cabrio in great shape that's paid for. My husband wants to give it to my 16-year-old son, who will have his license soon, and get a new...

  Tags: car, Chicago, Ford Motor Co., minivan, Tribune Co., VW

• Chicago Tribune Transportation Notes Column.

  - 2002-06-23

  Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 23--VW TO BRING BACK MICROBUS: Once again, Volkswagen sees a future by looking to its past. The German automaker will revive the Microbus, the pioneer minivan, and offer it in the U.S. in the 2006 ...

  Tags: Cadillac, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Tribune Co., U.S., VW

• Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.

  - 2002-03-17

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 17--CHICAGO--A Camrolla or a Coramry? The Toyota Camry and Corolla have grown in size as well as in sales. The '02 Camry and the '03 Corolla now arriving in ...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, SALES, Toyota Motor Corp., Tribune Co., VW