As 2016 draws to a close, light trucks overall account for about 50 percent of the year's sales,
utility vehicles of one form or another making up the vast majority of that category.
Big, bold, luxurious, and able to take on almost any terrain, sport
utility vehicles of all sorts and sizes have taken the country by storm.
Mercedes got a similar reaction in 1997 when it lifted the veils off its first SUV, the M - Class — and look how many sports
utility vehicles of all shapes and sizes the automaker sells nowadays.
The floor was crowded with
utility vehicles of all shapes and sizes, with different prices and drivetrain options.
It's a predecessor to the modern hatchback
utility vehicles of today.
All - terrain buggies: These are the sport -
utility vehicles of it the world, and a fantastic option to purchasing both a full - size stroller and a separate jogger.
Named AutoGuide.com «s
Utility Vehicle of the Year, the 2018 Mazda CX - 5 checks all the right boxes within the segment.
Along with this year's Canadian Car and
Utility Vehicle of the Year awards, the Ford F - 150 «s all - aluminum body was recognized as this year's best new innovation technology, while this year's safety technology award went to Acura's AcuraWatch Drive Assist.
The Ford Edge, Toyota Yaris sedan, Lexus RC coupe and Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid are all in the running for this year's Canadian Car and
Utility Vehicle of the Year awards.
Also to be announced at the show will be AJAC's Canadian Green Car of the Year and, new for this year, the Canadian Green Truck or
Utility Vehicle of the Year.
It has certainly been a big week for the Chrysler Pacifica, which was named as the North American
Utility Vehicle of the Year at the beginning of the North American International Auto Show.
In the coming weeks we will be announcing our 2014 Car of the Year winner, but in the meantime it is time to introduce a new award; the AutoGuide.com
Utility Vehicle of the Year.
The moment the @Chrysler #Pacifica was named the 2017 North American
Utility Vehicle of the Year.
The Honda Accord won the 2018 North American Car of the Year, while the Lincoln Navigator took the truck honors and the Volvo XC60 was named top
utility vehicle of the year.
Jaguar's first entry in the SUV segment has earned it AutoGuide.com's 2017 Reader's Choice Luxury
Utility Vehicle of the Year Award.
These 14 finalists (our photos) are now under consideration to be the overall Canadian Car and Canadian
Utility Vehicle of the Year, which will be announced at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto on Thursday, February 15.
Other award winners were the Land Rover Range Rover Sport as best
Utility Vehicle of the Show and the all - new Cadillac ELR as the Green Technology Vehicle of the Show.
In only its second year, the separate
Utility vehicle of the Year award acknowledges the growing presence of light - utility vehicles such as crossovers, SUVs and minivans in the North American market.
The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada announced their picks for the top car and
utility vehicle of the year at the Canadian International AutoShow on Thursday.
The North American Car, Truck, and
Utility Vehicle of the Year are awarded annually by a jury of roughly 60 professional automotive journalists from the United States and Canada.
But the voting that decided that this venerable Jeep nameplate would take the overall Canadian
Utility Vehicle of the Year honour actually took place last October when over 80 members of the Canadian Automotive Journalists Association gathered in Niagara Falls, ON.
Jeep Cherokee is the mid-size Sport
Utility Vehicle of the Jeep brand.
The Honda Ridgeline and Chrysler Pacifica have taken home the truck and
utility vehicle of the year award.
Finalists for this year's North American Truck /
Utility Vehicle of the Year award were announced today — a combination that leaves little space for chunky workhorses from the Detroit 3.
For 2014, the Jeep's fully - redesigned Cherokee took the title of Canadian
Utility Vehicle of the Year, beating out both the Acura MDX and Kia Sorento SUV / crossovers.
Still, we were pleasantly surprised that
a utility vehicle of this size held its own in our test.
As chosen by you, the readers and fans, AutoGuide.com is pleased to announce that the 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport has been chosen as our Reader's Choice Luxury
Utility Vehicle of the Year.
Not to be outdone, BMW is cooking up a luxury sport -
utility vehicle of its own.
Named the North American
Utility Vehicle of the Year in 2017, the Pacifica is a family - friendly wonder that can be ordered with mobile Wi - Fi, a Uconnect Theater setup for rear passengers, an integrated vacuum system, and award - winning safety performance.
AutoGuide was proud to name the Honda CR - V as their choice for
their Utility Vehicle of the Year.
You can drive a Ford Explorer, Nissan Pathfinder or any sport -
utility vehicle of that ilk and marvel at the carlike manners they exhibit.
To read more about why the 2018 Honda CR - V won the Best
Utility Vehicle of the Year and Best Small SUV award, read the full article.
Despite its petite dimensions, the 2018 Honda CR - V picked up two huge awards this year: It's the Buyer's Choice pick for both the Best
Utility Vehicle of the Year and the Best Small SUV.
And, for the first time, a North American
Utility Vehicle of the Year was crowned, and it's not a SUV; rather the Chrysler Pacifica, America's first minivan reimagined for a new millennium of buyers.
Not exact matches
Motor
vehicles sales in Western Australia for the year to November are down 8.5 per cent on the same period last year, with sports
utility vehicles the only part
of the market that held up.
Back in 2000, when more than a 100 people died in Ford Explorers, many
of them equipped with Firestone tires, there was a national debate over large sport -
utility vehicles and whether they were prone to rollover.
The automaker «will shift toward a lower volume passenger car lineup in North America and Europe, while competing in more profitable sub-segments
of the
utilities market, as demonstrated by
vehicles such as the new Edge ST and the upcoming Bronco,» Ford said in a statement.
New CEO Jim Hackett has been trying to convince investors that betting on a Ford turnaround is worth the wager by laying out a plan to get rid
of slow - selling, low - margin car models and refocus the company on more lucrative sport
utility vehicles and pickups.
Although the German automaker has a long and storied history
of producing rugged
utility vehicles alongside its luxury cars, the X-Class is the brand's first true pickup.
The automaker said will introduce an electric version
of its Kona small sport
utility vehicle (SUV) with a driving range
of 390 km in the first half
of next year.
The ST edition
of the Edge sport
utility vehicle that Ford introduces Thursday in advance
of the Detroit auto show is powered by a 335 - horsepower twin - turbo V - 6 engine, engineered on the track and styled to look «sinister,» said its designer Steve Gilmore.
«[B] y 2020, almost 90 percent
of the Ford portfolio in North America will be trucks,
utilities and commercial
vehicles,» Ford said in a statement on Wednesday.
Uber to buy 24,000 sport
utility vehicles from Volvo to form a fleet
of driverless autos.
LOS ANGELES — Sport -
utility vehicles have been stealing the spotlight at the LA Auto Show this year, and Lexus led the way with the debut
of extra-large versions
of its best - selling RX crossover.
The recap: the tech - centric automaker is expanding beyond electric
vehicles and launching a line
of battery products that will allow homeowners, businesses and
utilities to store energy, manage backup power — and ultimately, enable zero - emission power generation.
«It is not the biggest issue, but it is an issue,» he said recently while giving reporters a tour
of a Louisville plant that has started making two aluminum - bodied sport -
utility vehicles.
Ford is attempting to improve its financial health in the face
of rising commodity prices and to further take advantage
of the recent consumer shift toward
utility vehicles.
For the record, a quick list
of things that need to be done: Sell or rent your current house, find your new home, squat in temporary accommodation in between, pack and move, close out old
utilities, set - up new
utilities, update your health insurance and driver's license, ditto with banking and
vehicle registration, deliver said
vehicle to new location, ensure spouse and children have jobs and school / daycare placements, find childcare in between if necessary, settle everyone in.
When Ford informed Trump it would not shift production
of a Lincoln sport
utility vehicle to Mexico from Kentucky, he took to Twitter to say he saved the plant, although the company had never considered moving the whole factory south
of the border.
The car would help Mercedes catch up to Volkswagen AG's U.K. car brand Bentley, whose $ 229,000 Bentayga is part
of a money - spinning trend for high - seated models that's prompted even Ferrari and Rolls - Royce to add sport -
utility vehicles to their line - ups.