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

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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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Sanluis supplies parts primarily for the North American light truck sector minivans, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles which has grown 6.1% a year since 1980, compared with 1.7% for all automobiles.

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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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