On the other hand, there are crossovers and then there are crossovers. Probably my first experience seeing a crossover that really made my eyes cross was back in 2015 when I was visiting Kathy Jackson in Washington state. We were driving up to the Johnston Ridge Observatory overlooking Mount St. Helens and a Porsche Macan S pulled out of the scenic overlook just ahead of us and then proceeded to zip out of sight up the windy mountain road in a very un-trucklike fashion.
Above is a '22-'23 BMW X3 M40i, with a 3.0L DOHC turbo inline six pumping 382bhp to all four tires through an 8-speed auto. Car and Driver says it'll go 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and do the quarter in an eyeball-flattening 12.8 @ 108mph. And it'll circle a skidpad at .88 g's, which is as good as my Z3 2.8 on its best day. The idea of pulling those kind of g's in a station wagon on stilts that weighs most of two and a quarter tons is mind-boggling.
And then there's this Audi SQ5, the grandnephew of that Mount St. Helens Macan. It's a little less hairy than the M'ed-out X, but only a little.
It's also got a 3.0L turbo six, although its cylinders are arranged in a vee, rather than lined up straight. With 354hp and an 8-spd auto with faux-manual capabilities, it'll tear off 5.1 second 0-60 sprints and 13.7 quarters at 102mph.
What gets me is the braking on the SQ5. It's a 4400-lb truckette and it'll stop from 70 in 148 feet. My Z3 will stop from the same velocity in 171 feet and that feels like you just drove head-on into a sand dune.
