The smallest
utility vehicle on this list, Fiat's iconic Italian crossover features a 184 - horsepower / 2.4 - liter four - cylinder engine paired with a nine - speed automatic transmission, and an available all - wheel - drive system with a disconnecting rear axle for improved fuel efficiency.
Not exact matches
For the past decade, buying a sport
utility vehicle — an Explorer, a Navigator, a CRV a Suburban, a Rover, and so
on down the
list — has seemed perfectly normal.
The House will take up the texting while driving ban aka «TTYL» bill (HB2) sponsored by Rep. Jim McClendon, Rep. Mac McCutcheon's legislation adding
utility trucks and wreckers to the
list of
vehicles for which drivers are required to slow down and move into a vacant lane for when parked
on the side of the road (HB76), and Rep. Allen Farley's bill to crack down
on synthetic drugs known as «spice» or «salts» (HB158).
Cars.com,
on online automotive information source, has released its
list of «Top Cars for Teens,» with selections that include cars, trucks and even a sport
utility vehicle.
Yes, many sport
utility vehicles manufactured today come with a respectable level of advanced safety equipment, but in order to be completely fair, we've decided to put together this
list based
on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's crash test results.
The Kia Cinco Rio wagon is the only station wagon that makes our
list, and while it's not large enough to compete with a sport
utility vehicle, it will carry a lot of stuff
on weekend errands.
The car - truck which originated the luxury crossover hybrid subsegment over a decade ago is available in front and all - wheel drive and also ranks well
on the EPA's
list of sport
utility vehicles.
One peek at our rankings tell you that this was close - and that your own test drives might very well produce different preferences.We also can say that if off - road capabilities were the prime criteria, the results would be much different.But for most of us, sport -
utility vehicles are essentially cars with extra ground clearance, four - wheel drive, extra cargo capacity, an added sense of security and an extra measure of rugged panache.So our judgments are based largely
on the same standards we apply to automobiles, with safety features right up at the top of the
list.
Proving driving fun and strong fuel economy can co-exist in a crossover sport
utility vehicle, the 2013 — 2014 Mazda CX - 5's 29 - MPG combined fuel economy rating lands them solidly
on our
list of the best gas mileage used SUVs.
Although the two
utility vehicles differ in terms of seats, they share many characteristics and are usually
on our customers» short
list of luxury
utility vehicles.
Vehicles
on the best choices
list must also have a good rating for roof strength to protect in rollover crashes and a good or acceptable rating in the small overlap test, which replicates what happens when the front, driver - side corner of a
vehicle strikes another
vehicle or an object such as a tree or
utility pole.