He created BMW's motor sport division, which makes racing versions of its road cars and other specialized sport vehicles.

The Porsche Cayenne has been marketed as an exotic four-door sport vehicle and is priced accordingly, with base stickers from $42,900 to $88,900.

And as men assume less dominating family roles than their fathers had, men and women alike are buying rugged, assertive-looking sport vehicles for different reasons.

The alternative is to switch to making even lower-priced cars, which can be cheaper than almost any sport vehicle.

But not all cheap sport vehicles sell well; dealers have large inventories of unsold Geo Trackers.

It was marketed to be a sport vehicle, with practical uses in fish or submarine spotting.

It is a two-plus-two sport vehicle, and its gull-wing doors and glass hatch can be removed to turn it into a sort of convertible.

Vehicle sales surged in October as auto makers continued to enjoy strong demand for pickup trucks, mini-vans and sport vehicles.

Like the distant growl of an approaching Chevrolet Suburban, the first signs of a backlash against sport vehicles are emerging.

Hikers found themselves jockeying for space with the riders of motorized sport vehicles on foot trails in national, state and local parks.