Frontal armor provided protection against 20 mm projectiles, which was stronger than comparable vehicles of other nations.

Wheels are more vulnerable to enemy fire than tracks, they have a higher signature and in most cases less armor than comparable tracked vehicles.

Electric cars cost more to buy but less to operate than comparable vehicles fueled with gas.

G.M. has said it will not introduce a comparable vehicle until 2008, about a decade after Toyota and Honda brought the first hybrids to market.

The comparable 2002 vehicle, the Blazer LS, is priced at $26,310 - an increase of $2,607, or almost 11 percent.

The cleanest of these produce five times the soot and twice the smog-forming compounds of comparable natural-gas vehicles.

No comparable vehicles were made in the United States, according to the agency spokesman.

They require fewer specialized technicians and parts, so they require less space on a transport plane than comparable vehicles.

By 2010, the Super Stocks and Trucks had comparable vehicle counts a trend which continued through the 2011 season.

The armament had to provide direct support for dismounted infantry in the attack and defense and to be able to destroy comparable light armored vehicles.