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SUV registrations jump 69 percent

The number of sport utility vehicles registered in Hawaii grew by 69 percent from 1997-2002, but island residents still love their pickup trucks, according to a report from the Census Bureau released yesterday.

SUV registrations in Hawaii jumped from 64,400 to 108,500 over the five-year period, according to the Census Bureau's 2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey.

Despite the increase, SUVs still trail the number of pickup trucks in the islands. There were 157,900 pickups registered in 2002, 9.5 percent more than the 144,200 registered in 1997, the report found. By contrast, there were 53,200 minivans registered in 2002, only 4.3 percent more than the 51,000 minivans in 1997, the report said.

Of the 351,400 private and commercial trucks registered in Hawaii in 2002, about 45 percent were pickup trucks, 31 percent were SUVs and 15 percent were minivans.

Hunt will open Iroquois Point

Rental homes in Iroquois Point in Ewa will open this weekend, and its landlord, Hunt Building Co., is offering to cut security deposits in half for new leases.

Many of the homes at Iroquois Point, formerly a Navy housing area, are newly renovated. Sizes range from two to four bedrooms.

For more information, call the Iroquois Point rental office at 499-2005.