With lots of room inside, including nearly best-in-class space for cargo and a very roomy third row, the Wagoneer was a winner on utility alone, but it also boasted real off-road ability (we tested it) and up to 10,000 pounds of towing capacity when properly configured. The Wagoneer, which Jeep says is a sub-brand, also has a luxury sibling, the Grand Wagoneer, but both of these new machines are seriously capable. Read Less Read MoreĪfter a 29-year hiatus, the Jeep Wagoneer nameplate returned in 2022 on a brand-new full-size SUV. These are the best large SUVs available for 2023, and our list contains a mixture of 20 models. These mainstream brand vehicles also often offer luxury appointments that put them close to their luxury-brand counterparts in look and feel. And many are loaded with modern tech (think surround-view cameras and air suspensions) that helps eliminate the burden of their hulking size, especially when driving around town or navigating tight parking lots. Large SUVs are people (not just kid) hauling, toy-pulling and cargo-carrying superstars. Except for the Nissan Armada, every model on this list now offers a powerplant that can manage 19 or 20 mpg combined. Most SUVs this big got around 15 mpg combined in 2008, but today the average is closer to 18, and it’s mostly older V8s that keep it low. GM’s full-size SUVs offer diesel engines offering as much as 24 mpg combined, Ford’s Expedition uses a twin-turbo V6 and the 2023 Toyota Sequoia comes only as a hybrid. Still, fuel economy standards have meant improvements to how much fuel these big bruisers use. Not a single vehicle on this list weighs less than 5,400 pounds. Many midsize and smaller SUVs, where efficiency and ride comfort are higher priorities, use unibody construction, integrating both body and chassis into a single (much lighter) unit.
The downside to full-size SUVs’ huge frames and acres of sheetmetal is weight, which means mediocre-at-best fuel economy and sometimes ponderous handling. Their brawn is in part due to their construction: nearly all are body-on-frame designs, with SUV wagon shapes sitting atop stout truck frames.
Full-size utes advertise that you’re livin’ large just by their sheer size, but they’re also kings of the “utility” factor in “Sport Utility Vehicles.” They offer van-like room for people and cargo, truck-like towing capacity and very often genuine off-road capability. Americans love big SUVs and it isn’t hard to see why.
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