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Show Davis County Clipper Friday, September 17, 1999 B11 Senate set to vote on whether to increase fuel efficiency standards - WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. senators may vote as early as this week on whether they favor an increase in fuel efficiency for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks. Congress has frozen the fuel efficiency standard for four years for cars and light trucks such as SUVs, pickups and minivans. The House voted in June to freeze the standard for a fifth the House-passe- d freeze. However, some senators will go on record this year objecting to any such freeze. Sen. Slade Gorton, says he will offer a resolution that would allow the of Department Transportation to study an increase in the fuel efficiency standard, known as the Fuel Corporate Average Economy or CAFE. The CAFE standard is 20.7 miles per gallon on average for new light trucks and 275 miles per gallon for new passenger cars. In the year. Each year, when the final version of the Transportation appropriations bill is negotiated between the House and Senate in the fall, it has contained mid-1990- s, before the first freeze in CAFE, the government was considering changes to the fuel standard for fight trucks. Gorton spokeswoman Cynthia Bergman said consumers will benefit from an increase in fuel efficiency with cleaner air and savings at the gas pump. Environmentalists particularly are targeting fight trucks such as SUVs, which get fewer miles per gallon and have a growing market share among American buyers. However, Sens. Spencer Abraham, and Carl Levin, have vowed to fight the resolution. Abraham told his colleagues in a letter released that any increase in fuel would cost jobs for efficiency Michigan auto workers. If CAFE standards rise, profits will decline and automakers will be forced to downsize their workforce. Michigan will be hit hard, Abraham wrote. Sen. Richard Bryan, CAFE. The of Department Transportation, at the very least, should be allowed to look at the evidence! he said. Higher CAFE standards could save us as much as a million barrels of oil a dayT The World Wildlife Fund and the Sierra Club released two polls on Monday that they said indicated most owners of light trucks think automakers should be required to make SUV's, pickups and minivans that are as clean as cars. Auto lobbyists predict the Gorton resolution will not receive the support of a majority of senators. said the Transportation Department should be allowed to study increasing New Models Arriving Daily ' 'mk l t 5.500 to 13,000 with Low interest rates starting at ?'. 6.9 AP from your local credit union 99 Chevrolet Prizm MSRP was i 14,595 V New 1999 New 2000 Plymouth Neon J AC, sedan, r, nicely equiped. Stk 87021 r, automatic, areat economy car i J i f)QC '99 Pontiac Grand Am Jeep Wrangler f Y0Uf Price MSRP was leather wrapped steering 4x4, hard top, wheel, rear seat, floor mats and more. 1 7,847 ifp 87008 Stk SE. r, power windows, power Jocks, tilt, cru.se B Your Price J 1 3,51 7 99 Oldsmobile Alero MSRP was 1 50 9,1 X5376 87019 Stk CL one of this years hottest new cars 14,260 23 6 Mo. o, - t Your Price 4 Plymouth Breeze pl, power seat. ZIO rr - f ,735 IS 99 Pontiac Transport MSRP was INew 1999 auto,iAC, pw, CX model, 87009 r, power options, alloy wheeis & more up to $1,000! up to $1,000! MSRP was 21 f Stk down payment down payment 4 ' Well match your Well match your A C( Price SII r,CX3t 99 Oldsmobile Intrigue Mo. $1 7,080 or YOUT New 1999 Cherokee Sport 26,085 - 4x4, r., AC, auto, pw, pl, Stk 8701 2 With Montana extended van, 2- tnm, tone, al power, rear A C, still under factory warranty cruise, coutron & more Your Price SII QC s , UuO CS '99 Chevrolet Blazer MSRP was 29,941 Your Price Z I ,Ht41I ? - 8620 4x4, power kxks & windows, air bag & Stk r X5317 MSRP S 17,890 is Rebate . -- mV J - t 5 MSRP "" 25.223 Well match your MSRP was 385 Mo. Discount 36 Mo. Lease or Stk 8701 7 . full si.Te luxury, all power opt ons, lots ot safetv MSRP was Stk 87020 SIS, leather, very kw miles, chrome wheels, all mwer We are military friendly. We can help arrange your financing E-- 2 and up. Stk 87022 Leather, power full everything, NorthStar, '"'i Jeep. 25,720 J S, ZU '47,468 your Price IS 3j,HOO '99 Cadillac Deville All prices are plus tax St license. 72 mo. financing. Dealer to retain all rebates. J2,000 down O.A.C. 36 mo. cherokee sport lease, 1 2,000 miles per yr., J2.000 down plus tax fit license. Approx. J600 in upfront fees O.A.C. Must have qualified credit score O.A.C. O CHRYSLER Your Price LS '99 Cadillac Seville Well match your down payment up to $1,000! down payment up to $1,0001 4 99 Oldsmobile 88 J Before Package 22,222 brakes k All 770 W. Riverdale Rd, 0 Ogdon units 1 st come 40,085 Your Price 26,085 st pick No other vehcles qualify tor similar discounts Alf pnees plus tax & license 627-230- 943Mi 1 MSRP was 1 |