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I don't think so. But the OG Rav4 was much more like a miniature Discovery than that aberration above (sorry if that's what your car looks like).
Howard-
SUV is a catchall, really, and quite a misnomer in many (almost all) cases.
Sports Utility Vehicle is generally applied to vehicles that talk the talk (jacked up, beefy trim, large side-walls) but don't walk the walk. They're lifestyle vehicles - the Honda CR-V, RAV4 and so on. This category does contain vehicles that are genuinely handy off-road like the Jimny, but largely it was used for cars that are based on FWD hatchback platforms that are then compromised dynamically by lifting them up in the air.
It's gradually broadened to include larger stuff that is (with tyres they don't come with) much more capable - Range Rovers and so forth.
I suppose they might get closer to the Sports tag - if you count shooting as a sport. From a motorsport perspective I guess you midget have something like observed trials? Not my bag.
Anyway, for 99.9% of the people who have them an estate car would be better on every metric - apart of course from the looks, and the "command" position of the driver that comes from being up high.
Dammit
Wasn’t the RAV4 the first SUV?