Talk: Sport utility vehicle

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The wikilink for CAFE may be bad for search function, cause of cafe. anobo 07:58 29 May 2003 (UTC)

Fixed: linked to (presently stubby) Corporate Average Fuel Economy instead.

I think we need to find a better photo, though. The vehicle pictured (a Subaru Forester) is barely even an SUV; it's a wholly car-based vehicle without even significantly higher ground clearance, created by Subaru when they found that their vehicles, even though just as off-road capable as most SUVs, didn't have an upright enough stance to appeal to many people in that market. Thus the Forester is only a quasi-SUV. We really need to show some more typical car. —Morven 09:13, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It has always irked me when SUVs are referred to as Four-wheel-drives; I'm glad this article points out that not all SUVs have four-wheel drive. Isn't it also true that not all four-wheel drive motor vehicles are SUVs? I'm not sure, or I'd amend the paragraph; perhaps someone who knows can make mention of this if it is true. Quill 03:22, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

There are indeed all-wheel drive cars: all Subarus, most Audis are AWD. Toyota also used to sell 4WD versions of the Camry and Corolla. -- In fact, it's very hard to tell wheter the Toyota Matrix is a 4WD car, a small SUV or a mini-minivan.

Not sure about "Trivia" section

not sure it tells us anything we care about ... what do others think? —Morven 23:16, Sep 16, 2004 (UTC)

No complaints, so it's gone. Here is what was there:

== Trivia ==
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reports that, when polled, 29 percent of Americans say
that Jesus would drive an SUV, while 33 percent say that he would not.

—Morven 01:43, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)

Soft-roaders

Ashley Pomeroy added:

In the UK, SUVs are often referred to in derogatory terms as Soft-Roaders.

Not quite true, I believe; the term applies only to the 'never actually taken off road' segment of the market. Things like the Porsche Cayenne, BMW suvs, Toyota RAV4, etc. The US term 'SUV' encompasses all those, but also all Land Rover models, Toyota LandCruiser, and other models whose true off road capability is undisputed (whether or not most buyers actually need it). At least, that's the way that the British car magazines I read use the term. 23:48, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)