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By: Robert Bowden
Automobile reviewer Robert Bowden picks the perfect wheels for local lifestyles.
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It's big, it's powerful, and it will leave deep ruts in the worst muck. You're a match for any Explorer, and can drive American while sneering at Sequoias, Pathfinders and Range Rovers. Next year comes a long-needed Range Rover revolution. But that's next year. Yukon has a terrific sport utility today. (Though it may soon face stiff competition from the Cayenne, the first-ever Porsche sport utility vehicle, due shortly.)
Inside, the top Yukon has leather of a quality normally found only in luxury sedans. The ride is neither stiff, like too many trucks, nor mushy, like too many luxury cars. The seating position is high- commanding, in fact. Power assist makes steering and braking easy. And in any accident, the heft of the Yukon assures you'll come out on top.
One caveat: Make sure the doors on the model you want are metal. Otherwise, your magnetic business sign won't attach as you pull past the guard gate each morning.
The only drawback to the Yukon is fuel inefficiency. It comes with the size. Maybe you should buy a few shares of Chevron. Hey, there's always money to be made.
Robert Bowden, an auto editor for the St. Petersburg Times and The Tampa Tribune since 1995, has produced The Car Place (www.thecarplace.com), named a Forbes magazine "Best of the Web" site.
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