Awesome Suvs

Audi’s Q5 cute ute gets some serious power with their Custom Concept; beyond the lowered height and widened track, the TFSI V6 gets massaged to 408hp, good for a 0-60 of 4.4s.

We’ve all seen Toyota’s modernized FJ Cruiser, but ICON actually builds original Landcruisers (albeit with modern tech); you can customize everything from the color to the wheelbase.

We’d break an arm just to ride in this BMW X6 Ambulance; with a 407hp 4.4L V8 and LED lights galore, this xDrive50i will get you to the hospital before you can say gesundheit.

The Dartz Kombat T98 looks like a Hummer, but we doubt your H2 packs RPG-proof doors and windows; it can also haul overly well-fed Russian oil barons with its 8.1L Vortec V8.

The obvious successor to the LR3, Landrover’s 2010 LR4 isn’t all that different outside with a mild facelift, but gets a 5.0L V8 with 25% more power and a vastly upgraded interior.

Sitting on the same RWD unibody platform as Mercedes Benz’s ML, the 2011 Grand Cherokee also features a new air lift suspension system, sculpted exterior and an improved interior.

Debuting at the New York Auto Show, Land Rover’s 2010 Range Rover Sport not only gets a revised exterior but a 510hp, 5.0L supercharged V8 courtesy of the Jaguar XFR.

BMW’s twin terror-utes, the X5 M and the X6 M both pack a 4.4L V8 twin-turbo engine with 555hp and 500 lb-ft torque; both of them will also sprint from 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds.

The UK government is offering Land Rover roughly $37 million USD to bring the its successful LRX concept to market; it’ll be a two-door turbodiesel hybrid with a 2.0L engine.

Carlsson’s custom stylings may not be for everyone, but this CK55 RS Rascasse not only gets a two-toned bodykit but a plush, dark red Alcantara interior courtesy Etienne Aigner.

Made for a Halo movie pitch that went nowhere, this full-sized Warthog replica is every Master Chief’s dream; it actually works, with a turbo 6 cylinder engine and four wheel drive.

Cadillac’s Provoq concept is back, this time in official garb as the 2010 SRX; this luxury mid-sized crossover drops the concept’s Volt powertrain for either a 3.0L or 2.8L turbocharged V6.

Economic troubles aside, the second-gen 2010 Chevy Equinox is looking pretty good; Sitting on the Theta platform, choose between a 21/30 mpg Ecotec 4-cylinder or a 3.0L V6.

The Unimog is truly for globe trekkers, with a chassis that can take just about any kind of diesel and permanent all wheel drive; inside, you’ll get corian countertops and teak floors.

Recently making its North American debut at SEMA, the 2009 Audi Q5’s feature list is promising: a 2.0L TFSI with a 7-speed shifter, hatchback-style rear access, and sliding rear seats.

With a double front and 4-link rear suspension, VW’s Baja Race Touareg is an off-road version of its 3.0L V6 TDI, using the same clean diesel tech albeit with a souped-up 5.5L V12.

With Land Rover looks, Recaro bucket seats and a supercharged 4.2L 500HP Jag V8, Bowler Racing’s Nemesis is a crazy expensive off-road racer which will be limited to 50 a year.

Mow down woodland creatures and tear up the slopes with this Tracked Hummer: converted into a snowmobile/ATV for SEMA, it’s even got avalanche-inducing speakers in the trunk.