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.
Not exact matches
It's the
sort of light - duty adventure for which sport -
utility vehicles like the 2014 BMW X5 are made, and we cross the water on Lion's Gate Bridge and head north on Canada Highway 99.
I don't often get the chance to drive large - capacity sport -
utility vehicles as they're meant to be, but this last holiday was (
sort of) an exception.
Graced with a real personality, you wouldn't blame a sport
utility vehicle for developing a complex
of sorts.
The rise
of the luxury sport -
utility vehicle likely will be one
of the biggest trends
of the 1998 model year.Every automaker that has brought out a rugged - looking but spiffed - up sport -
utility vehicle has scored a solid hit this year, even if the thing can't really go off - road very well.In fact, this week's test
vehicle, the stylish new RX 300 from Lexus, is more
of a pretender than a contender when it comes to kicking up some serious dust off road.But that's OK - because the RX 300 was not really made for that
sort of driving.
Dodge says Caliber is
sort of a multipurpose
vehicle in that it combines a sporty coupelike profile in a four - door hatchback sedan that has the function
of a sport -
utility vehicle.
A problem: It
sort of stacks up at the rear
of the car, meaning it hides almost everything except tall sport
utility vehicles in the rear - view mirror — you have to depend on the side mirrors.