Recently I traded my large sedan that got a combined city-highway 19 miles per gallons for a crossover SUV that gets 26.
Google's fleet of vehicles started with Toyota Prius Hybrids and later added the Lexus RX450h, a crossover SUV, to test on different terrain.
Available in front- and all-wheel-drive versions, the stylish midsize hybrid luxury crossover SUV is quicker and gets better mileage than its gasoline powered equivalent.
But Doll said the Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid is expected to be the most fuel-efficient crossover SUV with full-time all-wheel drive on the market.
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Toyota Motor Sales USA has confirmed that the upcoming all-electric RAV-4 compact crossover SUV will go on sale to the general public in 2012.
Unlike the U.S. Accord, which is also offered as a bloated and oddly shaped Crosstour crossover SUV, the TSX takes a straightforward station wagon approach.
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The catalysts were the new Verano, a compact based on the Chevrolet Cruze, and the Enclave, a big crossover SUV, that got a facelift last year.
As for new parents McCorry and Koesterer, like so many of their ilk they settled on a small crossover SUV as their first bona fide family car.
Ford long ago decided to reduce production of its top-selling Explorer SUV in anticipation that its customers might switch to its new car-based so-called crossover SUV, the Ford Freestyle.
Suddenly it seemed that all the well-to-do parents in my neighborhood were carting their kids around in this crossover SUV instead of the minivans and large SUVs they had once favored.
These include the family friendly Toyota Highlander crossover SUV, the budget-minded Yaris subcompact and the fuel-sipping Prius hybrid hatchback, along with the upscale Lexus ES 350 sedan and RX 350 crossover.
This month Ford is putting ads for its Flex crossover SUV on multicolored E Ink-made plastic sheets that will go on the cover of 100, 000 newsstand issues of Esquire, the Hearst magazine.
At about the time Barack Obama (2009- ) threw his hat into the ring to run for the presidency he traded in his Chrysler 300C sedan for a fuel-efficient Ford Escape Hybrid crossover SUV.
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As well as offering excellent economy for a mid-size crossover SUV, the CrossBlue has impressive performance from a powertrain that produces up to 305 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque: 0 to 60 mph is estimated to take just 7.2 seconds.
ENGADGET: VW unveils CrossBlue plug-in SUV with iPad mini headrests and 85MPGe efficiency (eyes-on)
Despite receiving a much-needed interior makeover and a new V-6 engine offering for a model-year 2011 revamp, and even in light of the Dodge Journey offering some clever features, such as in-floor storage bins, this midsize crossover SUV still lags behind the competition in terms of refinement and reliability.
Along with the aforementioned Charger, the top-10 list of most-stolen cars built and sold during 2010 (relative to their production) include the full-size Chevrolet Impala and Chrysler 300 sedans, Infiniti FX crossover SUV, Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger midsize models, and the Kia Rio subcompact, along with the since-discontinued Pontiac G6 and Mitsubishi Galant sedans.
Other notorious flops on the top 10 list include the sedate Lexus HS 250h hybrid sedan, the virtually forgotten Acura RL luxury sedan and Lincoln MKT crossover luxury SUV, the otherwise amenable BMW 1 Series and a few longstanding models that were just plain getting long in the tooth, including the Hyundai Azera, Lexus GS and Toyota Yaris.
Cars compete in broad, crowded segments: sedan, minivan, SUV, crossover, luxury, performance and so on.
In 2004, it was a finalist in both categories, with its slick XLR roadster and SRX suv-looking crossover, but the Toyota Prius and Ford F-150 were the winners.
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Toyota, Honda, and especially Nissan have great vehicles in the biggest growing segment of the U.S. market: so-called crossover utilities, which are SUV-like vehicles built on the underpinnings of cars.
The small-SUV, tall-station-wagon, crossover segment, whatever you want to call it, is wildly popular.
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If it goes into production, the CrossBlue would flesh out the Volkswagen SUV lineup with a seven-seat midsize crossover that slots in above the Tiguan and below the premium Touareg.
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Chrysler has a handful of smaller-volume hopefuls, like a redesigned Chrysler Sebring sedan, a new Chrysler Aspen SUV, a small SUV for Dodge called the Nitro and a Jeep crossover called the Patriot.
Nissan says a bigger shift is on the horizon: it plans to move production of its two popular sport-utility vehicles to the U.S. The small Rogue crossover is scheduled to make the move this year, while the next generation of the Murano luxury SUV will follow when production is expected to begin in 2014.
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