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  • I felt like a schnook pulling into the campus parking lot at the University of Colorado, Boulder in my gas-guzzling SUV.

    Eco-enlightenment at college 2010

  • Until the Fiat-based models arrive, Chrysler's lineup is skewed toward gas-guzzling trucks, sport-utility vehicles and minivans.

    Chrysler Rides Higher at Detroit Show 2011

  • Hybrid cars, which accounted for 8% of the Japanese auto market last year, are gaining traction in Japan thanks to government incentives for consumers to shun gas-guzzling cars.

    Honda Launches Fit Compact Hybrid to Challenge Toyota Yoshio Takahashi 2010

  • What seemed too dull and constricting a mere fifteen years ago now looks luxurious, like those huge gas-guzzling cars with all that chrome and the tuck-and-roll seats.

    Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

  • Typically, the plans offered discounts to car owners who traded in old, gas-guzzling cars for new, fuel-efficient vehicles.

    European Car Sales Slide Christoph Rauwald 2010

  • Typically, the plans offered discounts to car owners who traded in old, gas-guzzling cars for new, fuel-efficient vehicles.

    Business Watch 2010

  • And it will continue to increase as computer companies expand datacenters so we can shop at home instead of tooling around in gas-guzzling cars.

    Michael Kanellos: Dear Environmental Community: Please Shut Up Michael Kanellos 2011

  • And while we're at it, why not scrap noisy, gas-guzzling airplanes?

    Ou Est Le 'Cash for Clunkers'? Victor Dial 2011

  • And it will continue to increase as computer companies expand datacenters so we can shop at home instead of tooling around in gas-guzzling cars.

    Michael Kanellos: Dear Environmental Community: Please Shut Up Michael Kanellos 2011

  • VEHICLE PROBES -- Tommy Wells owned the news cycle with his brief "preliminary report" on the city's vehicle management practices, which included the conclusion that Kwame Brown "inappropriately requested" a gas-guzzling SUV.

    DeMorning DeBonis: March 1, 2011 2011

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