Short for sport utility vehicle, the SUV earned its name by its ability to transport people and their gear to outdoor recreation areas. While the SUV has been available to drivers in the United States since the end of World War II, its immense...

A sport utility vehicle, or SUV, is a passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on or off road ability. Most SUVs are designed with a roughly...

Acura MDX As close to a sedan's ride as you'll get in an SUV, this brawny replacement for the old SLX is sure to be a hit. COST | Bottom line * Price as equipped: $34,850 * To buy:...

Auto dealers rarely celebrate bad news. But some of them have feasted on recent media reports that sport-utility vehicles disproportionately kill car passengers in crashes. Many consumers have responded by buying trucks -- in self-defense. And that has been a blessing for sport-utility...

The company that developed one of the first mid-sized sport utility vehicles and brought you an ad campaign with a fibbing salesman says it will stop selling new passenger vehicles in North America.Isuzu Motors Ltd. said Wednesday it will end distribution of its sport utility...

A laid-off funeral home worker was arrested for allegedly arranging phony funerals that included carrying caskets in a sport utility vehicle and having his girlfriend act as a priest.John Peffer had arranged two burials and two cremations for which the families paid him over $22,000...