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As a tire changer for NASCAR team Evernham Motorsports, Chuck Efaw was eligible for an employee discount on the 2006 Jeep Commander he'd been eyeing.

But what sealed the deal was an offer available to everyone: no-interest financing for five years and zero payments for six months.

"You just pay for the car -- no interest to anybody," he said.

Automakers are looking to people like Efaw to keep the sport utility vehicle market humming. This week, dealers with swelling inventories began offering another round of rebates and incentives on certain SUVs.

Overall SUV sales have faced an uphill climb as gas prices have remained stubbornly high this year. Sales of light trucks, which include SUVs, peaked in 2004, when they represented 55.7 percent of all vehicles sold domestically. For the first three months of this year, light-truck sales represented 53.8 percent of the market, according to industry tracker ...

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