[walrus01]

By objective metrics of being a good 4x4 vehicle for actual off loading it's easily beaten by a somewhat decrepit 20 year old Toyota 4runner.

[jcgrillo]

And somewhat paradoxically that decrepit 4runner has fewer rust issues

[ahartmetz]

Objective metrics have never been the point of SUV-type vehicles. I think the two things that sell them are large and heavy = safe and, uh, the Brawndo factor.

[walrus01]

From 1999:

https://youtu.be/PI_Jl5WFQkA?si=NfKEtIYpvZYbFDuM