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THE INNOVATORS

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First crossover

AMC Eagle

1979

Given that the Hyundai Kona N is our first ever crossover in Performance Shootout (read all about it from pg 52 onwards), and the fact that the popularity of crossovers has grown so much over the years that it’s spelt the death knell for the station wagon and certain tracts of the hatch and

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