D4---Tucson20151013Its class name alone spells what it is - crossover - a sport utility vehicle based usually on a car platform designed to do both what a true four-wheel drive off-road vehicle like pick-up trucks and full-sized SUVs can do, and still perform like a car in terms of handling and performance. That means it should be a compromise and not a perfect culmination of both realms. “You can’t have your cake and eat it,” as a popular saying goes.

Somewhere along the way in the development of crossover SUVs, the lines have been blurred on what truly defines a crossover. To this writer, a crossover may be, as mentioned earlier, a car-based SUV to a full-sized truck-based SUV with a two-wheel drive train. This could result to a vehicle having the key elements of a typical SUV, which are high ground clearance, structural rigidity and payload capability beyond your normal sedan.

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