# Coolest SUV ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950 "2002-12-11T04:47:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/1 "2002-12-11T04:47:52Z")
[http://www.autoworld.com/news/ford/windstar\_solutions.asp](http://www.autoworld.com/news/ford/windstar_solutions.asp) Who needs a home when you have the Windstar! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/2 "2002-12-11T05:25:48Z")
SUV? Methinks what we’re looking at here is a **minivan**. However, if thinking it’s an SUV makes you happier, we’ll call it that. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/3 "2002-12-11T05:32:55Z")
I like the original Range Rover. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/4 "2002-12-11T05:35:56Z")
The 1978 ford bronco, long before they called them SUV’s. it had a Dana 44 solid front axle(no independent front suspension here!). A mighty gas guzzeling 351 engine and the top came off,cool! ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/5 "2002-12-11T05:40:16Z")
I get to drive a brand new **Kia Sportage** in two weeks. zipp-e-dee-doo-dah! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/6 "2002-12-11T06:05:39Z")
My inlaws bought a Honda CRV. Aside from it being a cute, zippy kind of car that actually does go offroad fairly well, it has a built-in picnic table in back. Pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/7 "2002-12-11T08:59:25Z")
Well it’ll probably piss of most soccer moms, but when I think of SUVs (which is a category of cars I have loved long before the term SUV existed) I think of vehicles that have the ability to go through damn near anything, I think of Jeeps, Land Cruisers(both of which I have owned) and Hummers (which I have never driven, but the rep really impresses me). ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/8 "2002-12-11T16:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*[http://www.autoworld.com/news/ford/windstar\_solutions.asp](http://www.autoworld.com/news/ford/windstar_solutions.asp) > > Who needs a home when you have the Windstar! \*\* Upon initial reading, I was sure this was a parody. Who the hell needs a washer/dryer in their minivan? ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/9 "2002-12-11T17:57:38Z")
You want a REAL SUV? check this thing out, [www.maximog.com](http://www.maximog.com) unclviny ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/10 "2002-12-11T17:57:38Z")
You want a REAL SUV? check this thing out, [www.maximog.com](http://www.maximog.com) unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/11 "2002-12-11T18:35:07Z")
Of the new ones, I like the Mercedes-Benz G500 (three locking differentials, how cool is that!). Of the classics, the Rovers are great buy my heart belongs to the Land Cruiser FJ-55s. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/12 "2002-12-12T00:54:19Z")
I like the looks of the Honda Element SUV. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/13 "2002-12-12T01:27:09Z")
No question. The Travelall. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/14 "2002-12-12T01:32:53Z")
Here’s _my_ favorite SUV. [http://www.awm.gov.au/1918/technology/43169.htm](http://www.awm.gov.au/1918/technology/43169.htm) A little smaller than the others, but better looking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/15 "2002-12-12T01:53:07Z")
My favorite is the [Organic Engines S.U.V.](http://www.organicengines.com/photos/cargo2/index.htm) (Sensible Utility Vehicle). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/16 "2002-12-12T04:48:47Z")
It has got to be the [Hummer](http://www.hummer.com/hummerjsp/index.jsp) (called Hum-V in some places). ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/17 "2002-12-12T05:05:21Z")
My vote would be the Lunar Rover. It went where no one has gone before and it only weighed 75 pounds in lunar gravity. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/18 "2002-12-12T05:10:30Z")
[here is a pic](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010609.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/19 "2002-12-12T07:32:20Z")
Memo: To FORD From: Sam Stone Hey, Ford: Before you go off putting a FREAKING washer and dryer in a FREAKING Windstar, why don’t you first come up with a transmission that won’t FREAKING explode after 10,000 miles from new, leaving a certain Mr. Stone stranded while your pathetic lame-ass ‘instant’ roadside service took two and a half bloody hours to show up? While you’re at it, how bout a front end that lasts more than 30,000 FREAKING Kilometers before packing it in? And you can make your damned power seats last more than two years while you’re at it. Oh, and could please stop these pieces of crap from leaking fluids like Roseanne with a bladder infection? I’d appreciate it. Once you have completed these chores, and fixed the things that caused my Windstar to go in for service 9 different times in its first 30,000 kilometers, THEN you have my permission to put that ridiculous washer with the hanky-sized tub in the bact of freaking VAN. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950/20 "2002-12-12T08:43:05Z")
Toyota Landcruiser. Nuff said. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-suv-ever/141950.md?page=2)