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The Family Truck took a bigger hit in the November numbers but still held on to 51.1 percent -- albeit against 54.7 percent in November 2006. The word from Detroit is that the crossover vehicles, to which domestic and foreign car makers have been turning, have gotten a bit heavier, a bit more powerful and bit more fuel-thirsty recently

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