The Suzuki "mini" SUV

The Suzuki "Mini" SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicles with a length under 161.4 in. This class should not be confused with compact SUV, which refers to slightly larger vehicles, from 167.3 to 181.1 in.

Early mini SUVs were off-road vehicles built on body-on-frame chassis, such as the Jeep Wrangler and Suzuki Samurai. Earlier mini SUVs are still often used due to their off-road prowess and more manageable size on the trail.
However, current mini SUVs have followed a similar trend, usually having unibody construction and few off-road capabilities, falling into the crossover SUV category. They have substituted off-road cosmetic features, such as large black bumpers and slightly increased ground clearance.
Mini SUVs have become popular in some countries because of fashion trends: for example, wealthy young people buy them just to have a "different looking" car. An advantage over larger SUVs is the better fuel economy, which is very similar to subcompact cars / superminis.

DAve Burton
www.bargain-motors.com

Porsche Cayenne

The Porsche Cayenne was introduced to the North American market in 2003 and was porsche's attempt to be new benchmark in Suv's.Powered by a 3.6 litre VR6 cyclinder engine for a base model ,moving to a 4.5 litre V8 turbo for the top of the range model.It comes with a 6 speed manual or automatic gearbox.A hydrid version is to be avaiable before 2008 and selling a deisel model from 2009.Prices started at $45,000 making it Porches cheapest vehicle.

THE NISSAN ROQUE

The Nissan Rogue made its debuted in Detroit at the north ameican motor show.It is Nissan's entry-level SUV.
The Rogue is powered by a 170 hp , 2.5 L four-cylinder QR25DE engine mated to a standard continuously variable transmission and comes standard with front-wheel-drive.
November 2007,was its first full month of sales,which reached a total of 5,650 sold t,slightly more than a third of that month's Honda CR-V sales of 16,498 and less than half of that month's 12,354 Toyota RAV4 sales.

Dave Burton
www.bargain-motors.com