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Don't confuse SUV's with crossovers though
SUV's are becoming a dinosaur these days. CAR manufacturers are introducing Crossovers now, not SUV's, though many people still refer to them as SUV's.

SUV's are generally designed as body on frame vehicles, such as an OLDER Ford Explorer where the SUV body was stuck onto a Ford Ranger Pick up frame. It handles like a truck, not a car and guzzles gas as it weighs more. BUT...it truly stands up to the test of time like a pick up would, such as rumbling down pot hole filled logging roads.

A crossover is generally a unibody style vehicle. Just like modern cars, there is no separate frame, like the newer Ford Explorers. It's a unibody build where panels are joined together to build a rigid vehicle without a conventional frame under it. It will have independent, soft riding suspension, just like a car, focused to be a pavement princess and not for off roading, though they add these stupid dials inside to control differential action as if it was an off-road/4WD vehicle, which they are not.

Crossovers are not as solid as SUV's, they are NOT designed to be rumbled through pol hole filled logging roads. They are built of lightweight car components, not truck components ,usually have low profile tires and wimpy but flashy looking rims.

Crossovers are daily commuters, SUV's are daily commuters too, IF you don't mind driving a light truck for daily commutes. I have a daily commuter SUV and it rides like a truck but handles like a car, which was the aim of the SUV to begin with.

I see IOS as a crossover, it LOOKS like a robust business device but really it's just a toy for consumers who want to look like they have a full featured smart phone. It handles like a crossover too, designed to appeal to consumers, not business users (4X4 aficionados).

Everyone who supports iPone talks about the ease of social networking, smooth scrolling through music files (crappy versions of music files anyway), smooth web surfing, huge app store where you can download 100 versions of solitaire or 50 really low quality CRM apps etc. etc.

Blackberry users, for example, will boast the tactile keyboard, security, multitasking etc. BB owners will focus on the business tools, smaller yet more useful app store and enterprise features, which Apple has never been keen to address with their strictly consumer driven market.
Posted by aidemzo_adanac
Updated - 21st Jan