In the beginning, buying an SUV almost certainly meant you were going to be buying a midsize SUV. Early models like theare the reason a niche, off-roading vehicle segment morphed into the bread-and-butter family transportation choice and then spawned numerous offshoot segments based on size, capability, performance and luxury.
All those different directions can be easily seen in today's selection of midsize SUVs , including the current versions of those SUV pioneers. There are the three-row family haulers that consumers happily gobble up instead of minivans. There are two-row, style-oriented choices like thethat are resolutely intended to stay nice and clean on-road.