What is an SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle)?
We all know about the SUV, isn’t it? Till the 1970s and the early 80s, the minivan was the way to go, when it came to transporting a lot of people around. Not a car and certainly not a truck. A minivan was a kind of car that was just right for carrying around 6-8 people. But slowly car-makers coined this cool new term known as ‘Sports Utility Vehicle’ and made it a much better looking and powerful alternative to take over the segment which belonged the the minivans or station wagons. The vehicle was truck-based and looked like a tough ride. And the people loved it. There was something about the power, the spaciousness, the look, the entire package that caught the imagination of the American people. People got used to the SUV and it was a roaring hit. But, once the gas prices started soaring up again, people started seeing the down-side of their beloved SUV. The thing was, unfortunately few SUVs – if any, gave a double digit figure on the fuel economy criteria and the newly fuel price c
