Asians cling to SUVs despite rising oil prices

Move over, slow drivers. A busy mom with a monstrous turbocharged truck, a long grocery shopping list and a wailing child strapped to the back seat is looming right behind you.
Petrol-guzzling sport utility vehicles (SUVs), the carrier of choice among fashionable urban women and affluent families, remain highly popular across the Asia-Pacific region despite soaring oil prices.