I think the Gamma Suri that was presented in 2017 Detroit Auto Show would be a good choice for this round.
ooo crossovers, i started making a lineup of them, so iâll be having a go at this then 
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iâm gonna approach this VERY laterally.
Since I suck at crossovers and I do indeed hate them, Iâm going to approach them as simply and sensibly as possible 
(hahar, wasnât expecting that were you!)
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91 OCTANE IN 2017?
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Um⌠Yes? We still do that.
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Well, America.
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In Australia you can still find 91 octane in most towns and cities, even if youâre far away from the state or territorial capitals. Now I have to ask myself: should I go with 6 cylinders, or stay with a four-banger, especially when the engineering time and production unit limits are taken into account?
Letâs just say I have a grand plan, it works, and this is going to be one hell of a wild-card.
So the comfortable off of paved roadsâŚ
Are we talking maintained dirt roads, rough dirt roads, 2 track forest roads, or worse?
If you consider the average crossover owner, I would say âparking with two tyres on the neighbourâs nature stripâ
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Iâm using the assumption that AWD and decent ground clearance is enough. After all, I donât know of any crossover with proper 4x4 system.
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It depends on what you classify as a crossover, it gets kind of fuzzy at times. By many standards the Jeep Cherokee, and Jeep Renegade are crossovers with a monocoque frame and both still have, or had a proper 4x4 system.
@strop Here we call that a lawn
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I went for âComfortable enough to make a shortcut out of the mallâ as my standard. You know, hop the curb, crawl through some grass, hop the other curb, and be able to make it away from the evidence that some hooligan drove through the thin-green-strip of nature at the mall.
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Yeah ânature stripâ is quite the 'strayan thing:
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=nature+strip
Because frequently in Australian road and property layout, itâs literally a strip. Things we refer to as âlawnâ are rather much larger and broader, and generally taken to mean âdecently to large sized area of kept grass +/- some garden featuresâ, and stuff you canât fit between the fence, pavement and the road.
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Agreed, if you go by the definition that a crossover is any unibody SUV, then technically the Jeep XJ is a crossover (those frame rails are what AMC called uniframe) and those did have a full âtrueâ 4X4 system, and even as you said with the Renegade, though iâd say thatâd a tad iffy since itâs basically the AWD system from a Fiat 500X with the full time transfer case replaced with an electronically selectable one, and while i was never able to confirm this, i heard it only has off and on, which to some people isnât a âtrueâ transfer case due to lacking high and low ranges
In some areas we have something similar called an easement, you technically own it, but the city and/or utilities have technical control over it and you are responsible for maintaining it.
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1 Thing to Keep in Mind with Crossovers & Offroad:
Crossovers are typically designed for only light off-road capability, if any at all.
so Just Because Jeep Makes Crossovers (Compass, Patriot (Mitsubishi GS Platform) & the Newest Cherokee (2013+)(Fiat Compact platform)) Doesnât mean âLift & Rockclimb Bro, Cause Jeep!â
Another Thing to keep in Mind:
Crossovers are offered with front wheel drive, rear wheel drive or all-wheel drive configurations
So It donât have to be 4x4/AWD, FWD is OK also.
well, itâs ok, sure, but I think everybody here is trying to feel out the competition in a market where we use sandbox to deliver products that are frequently more optimised than real world. If we can correctly gauge how much offroad is a priority compared to, say, price, performance etc. then that will definitely influence our decisions re: drivetrain, suspension and accessories.