by Chris Sawyer on November 9, 2009
The crossover utility vehicle (CUV) market has exploded over the past few years as consumers switched from full-on sport utility vehicles with real off-road capability to people haulers adept at slogging through snow and ice. Cognizant of this change in the market, Kia moved the Sorento from a truck chassis to a car-based platform, fitted [...]
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Chevy Equinox,
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Dodge Journey,
Ford Edge,
Honda CR-V,
Infinity,
Kia Sorento,
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Maxda CX-7,
Nissan Murano,
Peter Schreyer,
Sirius,
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Toyota Highlander,
Toyota RAV4,
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by Chris Sawyer on October 7, 2009
The contenders are an interesting pair: Audi’s Q5 is derived from its A4 sedan platform, and powered by a longitudinally mounted 3.2-liter V6. Volvo’s XC60 T6 AWD, on the other hand, uses a heavily modified version of Ford’s EUCD (Ford Mondeo/Volvo S80) platform that is shared with the Land Rover LR2. Interestingly, each car had [...]
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Audi,
Audi Q5,
automatic braking,
Bang & Olufsen,
collision warning,
compact SUV,
Crossover,
Drive Select,
Dynaudio,
Geartronic,
Haldex,
HMI,
lane departure warning,
LED running lights,
Q5,
quattro,
rain-sensing windshield wipers,
Scandanavian,
T6,
Tiptronic,
V6,
Volvo,
Volvo XC60,
XC60
by Chris Sawyer on August 11, 2009
Toyota’s Venza is built on the Camry chassis, endowed with the space and all-wheel-drive utility of an SUV, and topped off by styling that is at once both aggressive four-door coupe and hatchback.
At its most basic, the Venza is an example of what can be done when a car maker is so profitable that it [...]
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brake assist,
cargo capacity,
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electronic brake-force distribution,
Ford Edge,
iPod connectivity,
JBL Synthesis,
navigation,
Nissan Murano,
slide-across seating,
station wagon,
surround-sound,
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Toyota Camry,
Toyota Highlander,
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by Chris Sawyer on July 21, 2009
What do you do when the Tahoe still sells well because it has the towing capacity and size people need, but the market is turning toward more car-like SUVs? If you are Chevy, you build the Traverse.
Chevy’s Traverse is part of GM’s unit-body Lambda family of SUVs (Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook). It has [...]
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Chevrolet Traverse,
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Chevy Tahoe,
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Ford Flex,
GMC Acadia,
Honda Pilot,
Lambda,
Little Dutch Boy,
Saturn Outlook,
Toyota Highlander,
XM Nav/Traffic,
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