{"id":29654,"date":"2011-12-02T18:02:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T18:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/wsj_front_page-americans_embrace_suvs_again\/"},"modified":"2011-12-02T18:02:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T18:02:40","slug":"wsj_front_page-americans_embrace_suvs_again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=29654","title":{"rendered":"WSJ Front Page&#8211;Americans Embrace SUVs Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sport-utility vehicle is making a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>After being largely shunned during the recession, high-riding SUVs and workhorse pickups are regaining favor as U.S. consumers grow more confident and fuel prices remain below the $4 a gallon level that triggered a shift away from larger vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The rebound was clear Thursday as U.S. auto sales in November hit a 13.6 million annual pace, the strongest in more than two years, with sales of trucks and SUVs surpassing cars at many auto makers. The results are boosting Detroit auto makers that suffered when gas-guzzlers got the cold shoulder in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><i>Makes this heart sad&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204012004577072132855087336.html\">read it all; KSH<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sport-utility vehicle is making a comeback. After being largely shunned during the recession, high-riding SUVs and workhorse pickups are regaining favor as U.S. consumers grow more confident and fuel prices remain below the $4 a gallon level that triggered<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=29654\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,50,209,582,149,140,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-americau-s-a","category-consumerconsumer-spending","category-economy","category-energy-natural-resources","category-personal-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}