If you're going to be the one driving it every day, you oughta get to choose it. Simple as that.

If its attention or a status symbol he's looking for or something, I dare say the very limited-production VehiCross will get a lot more attention than the 12-year-old BMW. Until very recently I'd never even seen a BMW I liked, but that's just me.

Now I probably wouldn't go back to a car - just feels weird. Even my wife's minivan feels so low to the ground now. I actually used to think I'd never have an SUV, but that was largely due to how they cornered. The VehiCross is without that problem and handles very well. I feel like I can push the envelope on a VehiCross and get away with a lot. Heck, I KNOW it. I'm still blown away that it didn't have more difficulty down in some of the stuff it was driven through at the Juniper Springs meet.