1.   Even the next generation of the smaller GMC Envoy and Chevy Blazer will come in stretched versions with third seats.

2.   This one will have front-wheel drive and will be built on a stretched version of the midsize Lumina sedan chassis.

3.   Toyota already has a full-size sedan, the Avalon, which is built on a stretched version of the midsize Camry platform.

4.   The Federal Aviation Administration had the authority to certify a stretched version of a Boeing airplane without requiring a full-scale passenger evacuation test, an appeals court says.