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Sport Utility Vehicles
Many reasons exist to literally steer away from purchasing a large sport utility vehicle. Lack of gas mileage is one negative. Every time I drive a behemoth SUV, it seems like one eye watching the gas gauge dip as another $70 fill-up looms.
Now ending its first decade in production, the Suzuki Grand Vitara is a strong contender in the compact sport utility vehicle category. Its value pricing, strong warranty, good cabin and cargo space and satisfactory overall driving have prompted more potential buyers to give it appropriate consideration.
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I’m driving past gas stations in a 2008 Acura MDX, and as comfortable and secure as I am in one of the nicest sport utility vehicles around, I can’t help but think: Why should anyone buy this car?
A day trip, weekend adventure or a week or more of vacation time, I love to travel. It’s all good — getting away, investigating a new area or returning to the scene of great memories.
Headlines hypothesize gas prices could climb to $4 a gallon this summer. Preposterous? Hardly. Those hefty fill-ups regularly cursed now could seem like a bargain by the time summer arrives
Ford debuted a smaller, less expensive alternative to The Explorer, its vastly popular sports utility vehicle, in 2001. In North America, it was called The Escape and in Europe it was called The Maverick.
As the oldest and best-selling vehicle in the Saturn stable, the Vue has found a solid, well-deserved niche in the compact Sport Utility Market. But Saturn couldn't leave well enough alone.
Since its debut in 2003, the Honda Element has frequently been described with two succinct comments: "It's ugly" and "It's a box with four wheels."
While the new Buick Enclave has some impressive features, it fails to match in class heavy hitters like the BMW X5, Mercedes M-Class, Acura MDX and the Lexus RX 350. But car shoppers will like the price of the Enclave, listed less than the competition, costing between $32,055 and $36,255.
