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The Evolution and Rise of the SUV

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It used to be that sport utility vehicles were for workmanlike pursuits—a nicer version of a pickup, something to carry your horse tack or fishing tackle, something for the rancher to drive when helping out the hired hands on the Ponderosa. The emphasis was on enclosed utility. But a sport utility was still essentially a truck.

And although utility still remains a key SUV selling point, today these vehicles have more to

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