That’s a good word.
I’ve no experience with the newer Ford SUV’s other than acknowledging they’re all more than I wanna pay, and have more bells and whistles than I ever wanted in a vehicle.
Forced into it, my inclination would be to go way older, and spend part of the monetary difference ensuring the older was solid. ANYTHING it didn’t have from the factory can always be added.
I remember when trucks didn’t try to pretend they were luxury cars; you could end a hard day’s work parked in the setting sun with the doors wide open and hose off the floorboards.
True what you say, but between urban cowboys and soccer moms, the line between work truck and family car has become more of a ranch.