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Hummer H2 SUT: A Beauty of a BeastGeneral Motors is making sounds like it wants to drop or trim its military-spawned sports utilities, the Hummer, because of high gas prices. We thought we'd better give you a quick look at them just in case they become extinct, given the new, green marketplace for gas-efficient cars. |
Hummer H3 AlphaThe 2008 Hummer H3 SUV Alpha V-8 is the direct opposite of the rubber band school of automotive motion. "Alpha" says it all. H3 is the alpha male of sports utilities now that General Motors added the 5.3L V-8. |
Toyota Land CruiserThe Toyota Land Cruiser is a sports utility that has gone straight. The Land Cruiser's best direction is dead ahead whether it's on or off road – it's a rock-bashing rocket. |
Volvo XC90Volvo used to make great station wagons but then the SUV surge came along. So Volvo now makes SPVs – Special Purpose Vehicles – and SPVs are great station wagons. |
Audi Q7When Porsche is in your DNA, then even sports utility vehicles can rise above themselves. Like the Audi Q7 – it comes from the stable that produced the Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Toureg. |
Kia Rondo EXThe Kia Rondo is a mini-minivan with a maximum amount of automotive goodies at a minimum price tag. That makes for a really, really different small car. |
Toyota TundraIf there is any knock on the new Toyota Tundra, it's that it's a little too nice for a pickup truck. That may be true for some of the fancier, larger Tundras, but not for the blue-collar Tundra regular cab. |
Jeep Grand Cherokee LimitedThe new Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited is simply the best handling big Jeep ever. |
Mazda CX-7With acronyms abound for sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and car-based SUVs becoming CUVs, the Mazda CX-7 should be a RUV (rocket utility vehicle.) |
Toyota FJ CruiserIf ugly, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, then the Toyota FJ Cruiser could really be just "industrial modern." |
BMW X5 3.0siThe BMW X5 3.0si is almost one of BMW's Ultimate Driving Machines. All it needs is 4.8i in its name instead of 3.0si. |
Chevy HHRExcept for collectors, nobody seemed to miss panel trucks. until they caught a look at the Chevrolet HHR panel truck. It's not a full-sized truck as of yore. It's a subcompact wagon with a four-cylinder engine. |