Future & Concept SUVs

While GM and Ford dither over performance vehicles, DaimlerChrysler is pushing to ensure its SRT franchise keeps getting bigger and better.... more

Luke Manion, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, sent us this pic of a heavily disguised SUV on a gas-station forecourt.... more

The third-gen CR-V cute 'ute is set for a fall launch, coinciding with Acura's new RDX on the same Civic-based architecture... more

Chevrolet's Unibody SUV, TrailBlazer's days could be numbered... more

The 2007 The 2007 Infiniti G35 sedan might be all new, but it looks awfully familiar.... more

Following up on January's reveal of the Compass is Jeep's 2007 Patriot, also based on the new front-drive Mitsubishi Lancer platform and powered by a 172-horse, 2.4-liter four that's part of the World Engine family developed by Chrysler, Mitsubishi, and Hyundai.... more

Saturn's Prevue concept, shown at the New York auto show, is essentially a preview of the next Vue (Get it? It's clever!), and is little more than a rebadged version of the Opel Antara GTC concept shown at Frankfurt in 2005. The design itself is a collaboratio... more

The first iteration of the Acura MDX--an SUV equally utilitarian and reliable--competed with the Mercedes-Benz ML and the Lexus RX300, but the newest generation of the MDX aims straight at the BMW X5 and the Porsche Cayenne. Cargo capacity and off-road capabil... more

By all indications in these spy shots, the Lambda-based production Buick Enclave will be much like the 2006 Detroit show car, with its curvy sheetmetal and premium interior.... more

Volkswagen calls the Concept A "the child of a new era," but we think a more likely parent has to be the Hyundai HCD-9 Talus Concept shown at January's Detroit show. Both feature all-wheel drive, suicide rear half-doors, huge wheels, and styling that blurs the... more

The Tahoe hybrid was, in many ways, GM's biggest news at the 2006 Detroit Show, because this is the first time that anyone has taken a true hybrid system--co-developed with BMW and DaimlerChrysler--and applied it to a full-size truck. The so-called two-mode sy... more

Attention hip-hop stars, professional athletes, and fat-wallet extroverts of all stripes: The new Cadillac Escalade is here. And to go along with your diamond-studded earth shoes, the Cadillac Escalade will go hybrid in the 2008 model year, along with the Chev... more

Honda's first turbocharged engine debuts in....an SUV.... more

Saab's 9-7x SUV has a new lease on life, but not because it captures the Swedish automaker's character so well.... more

Want a small sport SUV with big style? Look no further than the all-new Mazda CX-7, which will go on sale next year as a 2007 model.... more

Suzuki plans to triple North American annual sales from 80,000 to 250,000 in five years.... more

Jeep labeled the Compass as a concept when it showed it at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show -- but we've seen this heavily disguised test mule on the roads around our offices several times since then.... more

After the Explorer-based Aviator failed to take flight, Lincoln is introducing a crossover vehicle of the same name at the 2006 Detroit Show. Look for a new Ford-badged vehicle to debut alongside the new Aviator.... more

The redesigned Outlander goes on sale in Japan just before the Tokyo Show on October 17. Mitsubishi will then ship it to Europe and Australia, and America will see it first at next April's New York auto show. It will go on sale in the U.S. sometime in 2006.... more

Looking quite a bit like the concept we first saw at the 2004 Detroit Auto Show, the newer, smaller Aviator boasts a smaller, sleeker profile... more