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Video Find: 2010 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Competition – Overview

Posted October 15 2009 04:45 PM by TT Editors

Join Motor Trend editor-in-chief Angus MacKenzie and the rest of the Motor Trend team as they judge the contenders and ultimately pick the 2010 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year.

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The Kiinote: Subaru Outback 2.5i -- Legit or Lame?

Posted October 15 2009 09:57 AM by Ron Kiino

As you know by now, the Subaru Outback has been awarded Motor Trend’s 2010 Sport/Utility of the Year , and rightfully so. If you’ve read Arthur St. Antoine's convincing story on this stout crossover, then you also know...

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2010 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year: The Contenders

Posted October 13 2009 03:24 PM by Angus MacKenzie

As we were running through the list of vehicles eligible for the 2010 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year award, I realized with a shock that only one -- Toyota's new 4Runner -- came anywhere near what might be...

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Motor Trend China's 2009 SUV of the Year Is...

Posted January 5 2009 11:27 AM by TT Editors

Still peeved over our 2009 COTY choice, don't agree with our TOTY , or our pick for SUOTY ? Then check out our overseas colleagues' work for a different take. Motor Trend China recently performed its own Car of the Year...

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Our Long-term Mazda CX-9 saved the day and got me home!

Posted December 22 2008 10:39 AM by Melissa

It was only last week when the highs were in the 80s and the skies where blue as a bell in the high desert. But then came the snow! SNOW!! And then I was stuck.

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2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Volkswagen Tiguan

Posted October 15 2008 04:29 PM by Ron Kiino

Volkswagen affectionately refers to the 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan as "the GTI of compact SUVs." Given that VW's cuddly crossover shares myriad parts-notably, the 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder-with the company's pocket-rocket,...

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2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Toyota Sequoia

Posted October 15 2008 03:11 PM by Frank Markus

Toyota has finally nailed this full-size-truck thing, just as the potential buyers are craigslisting their Cigarette boats, Boston Whalers, and Airstream campers. Surging gas-prices mean fewer folks can afford to fuel...

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2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Subaru Forester

Posted October 15 2008 10:27 AM by Edward_Loh

On paper, the powertrain of our 2009 Subaru Forester 2.5XT contender is nothing new or particularly special. Forester models receive a version of the 2.5-liter horizontally opposed four-cylinder found in the Impreza sedan....

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2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Nissan Murano

Posted October 15 2008 10:13 AM by Arthur St. Antoine

If everyone in the Ice-Cream Shoppe is ordering Fudge Peanut Ripple Marshmallow Mango Royale and you're ordering Vanilla, that new 2009 Nissan Murano parked outside probably belongs to you.

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2009 Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Lexus LX 570

Posted October 14 2008 03:29 PM by Scott_Mortara

Since last year's contest, a lot has changed with regard to the SUV market. Most manufacturers are going for the smaller, more fuel-efficient, and in some cases car based vehicles, the 2009 Lexus LX 570 is none of those,...

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2009 Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Kia Borrego

Posted October 14 2008 11:26 AM by Mike Floyd

Despite a market that's run screaming from traditional truck-based SUVs especially, Kia remains confident that the 2009 Kia Borrego, the Korean automaker's first seven-passenger SUV, will be a sales success. After hustling...

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2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Infiniti FX50

Posted October 14 2008 10:31 AM by Mark Williams

As if to emphasize the SUV and crossover market is slicing itself much too thin right before our eyes, we have three specialized competitors for this year's competition.

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2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Infiniti EX

Posted October 10 2008 03:44 PM by Ron Kiino

"Feels like a tallish sport coupe," says editor at large Arthur St. Antoine. Technical director Frank Markus agrees, at least that the EX seems little like an SUV, claiming, "It's a sport wagon in my book," while executive...

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2009 Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Honda Pilot

Posted October 10 2008 10:03 AM by Kim_Reynolds

While some of our contestants were busy stretching the precepts of the SUV like taffy on a hot August day, a photo of the all-new 2009 Honda Pilot could be printed next to the SUV's dictionary definition.

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2009 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year Contender: Ford Flex

Posted October 9 2008 10:31 AM by Todd Lassa

The 2009 Ford Flex evokes various heydays of Ford wagons for our seasoned editors. It makes exec editor Matt Stone think of his friend's 1947 Woody. The concept version of the Flex was named Fairlane -- the 1957 and 1958...

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