Are SUVs today nothing more than a rush of plain vanilla"
Are they as capable as they claim" Or is it just clever marketing" 
DriveWrite Automotive Magazine founder Geoff Maxted with a perspective.

Throughout life, this writer has always tried to stay positive and upbeat and take every day as it comes. But these days I find that, now the novelty has worn off, the sight of an SUV brings on those negative waves of boredom, frankly.
Let me explain.
The Ideology of The SUV
The original idea of the ?Sport Utility Vehicle? is fine. I have no problem with that. Mostly, when the term was first coined, the cars so designated were tough off-road specialists; they were there to do a job. ?Sport,? because they served the surfing community as much as the hunting fraternity. ?Utility,? because they provided rural transport and could carry items of furniture. And ?Vehicle? because that?s what they are. Not so now. And they are taking over the world.
Lemmings To The Rescue
Today there are SUVs beyond counting. They are as herds of lookalike bison sweeping across the plains, or lemmings, queueing up to hurtle themselves off a cliff in a form of collective automotive extinction. Every manufacturer has several in their product catalogue. Audi, for example, have their ?Q? range. Once, there was just the Q7 and it was pretty good; now that car has been joined by several smaller siblings and one big brother.
They are the motoring equivalent of Russian dolls.
The same goes for m...