Cowboy
My name is Sheridan
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Actually the Cherokee Sport (XJ) was the vehicle that first carried the title "SUV" - Jeep invented the term "Sport Utility Vehicle" just for that car. Every other luxury wagon is just that, a luxury wagon on tall tires.
What you both need to remember is that the phrase 'SUV' is filled differently on opposite sides of the pond, In North American an SUV is basicly everything from a rugged, lifted 20 year old Blazer to a 2wd soccermom mobile, In Europe 'SUV' realy refers to soccermom stuff , X5-X3, freelanders, Rav4's, Kuga's and whatever that French thing is called....
'proper' off-road capable closed back vehicles are usualy referred to simply as 4x4's , and in Dutch : 'Jeeps' (yes, coming from the brandname)