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High pump prices are hitting big SUVs hard and shrinking their numbers. Here's a look at a few former kings of the road. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/autos/0805/gallery.truck_based_suvs/index.html
Big SUVs used to rule the American road. But now, like big cars with tail fins in the '50s or muscle cars in the '60s, full-size SUVs may have seen their day.
High gas prices have sent consumers in search of more fuel-efficient alternatives, such as car-based crossovers, and that's meant hard times for these brawny vehicles.
In a sign of the times, Ford announced Thursday it's bowing to market realities and shifting production away from pick-ups and truck-based SUVs to focus on more fuel-friendly offerings like cars and crossovers.
Not all SUVs are going away, but they are in for some big changes. Here's a look at some of these once-mighty vehicles and how they have fallen. By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com Autos
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