Commonality might literally defuse abnormality, but it doesn?t necessarily change our perception of the weird. Take, for instance, the performance crossover. Not only is the size-large segment overflowing with BMW Ms, Mercedes-AMGs, and Porsche Turbos?not to mention the Jeep Trackhawk?but now even the smaller class is getting in on the action. Alfa Romeo?s Stelvio offers up to 505 horsepower, there?s an M Sport version of the new BMW X3, Jaguar stuffs 380 horses into the F-Pace, Mercedes has two AMG versions of the GLC, and buyers can get the Porsche Macan in two different levels of turbocharged overachievement. A class we wouldn?t have imagined existing just 10 years ago is already overflowing. READ MORE ??
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