Inside Line 2008 Comparison Test - Crossover vs. Minivan vs. SUV

38 messages, Last post on Mar 25, 2009 at 1:19 PM

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2008 Comparison Test: Crossover vs. Minivan vs. SUV - Put simply, neither the Sequoia nor the Acadia could touch the Odyssey's ability to swallow stuff, or its ease of loading and unloading passengers or cargo. (more)

#37 of 38 SUV v. Crossover by jchan2 Apr 06, 2008 (1:24 pm)
The definition I use to separate the two is: SUV: based off of a truck platform (ex: Chevy Tahoe) Crossover: based off of a car platform (ex: Honda CR-V)
#38 of 38 Completely off the point by pscarspace Mar 25, 2009 (1:19 pm)
Last time I checked, the average American family wasn't 7 people. The average American familiy has 2-point something kids. Why is a 7 seat vehicle the basics of this comparison? Are there that many "soccer Moms" left? Isn't it just as silly to drive around a couple hundred extra pounds 2 extra feet of length and 6 inches extra width everywhere you go, as to pick a vehicle for occasional trailer towing? Seems more sensible to me to design a vehicle that would handle 4-6 people, like most American cars did up until 1970. From a real world American family viewpoint, I'm more impressed by the Scion boxy vanlette and the Honda CR-V than any of the "contenders" in this comparison.