The jolliest of fat guys turns out to be surprisingly athletic

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WISH I LIKED THE idea of crossover vehicles more. Then I'd have only nice things to say about the new Volvo XC60, which I'm thinking is probably the best of the not-so-big, not-so-small, near-luxury crossovers. [For another opinion on the matter, see page 46 - Ed.] It's an important segment in today's depressed market in that it's not dying outright, although sometimes I wish it would. Yeah, crossovers make more sense for most Americans than those hulking, truck-based SUVs on which we've wasted gazillions of hydrocarbons over the years, while simultaneously sacrificing so much driving pleasure. Yet crossovers are rarely as fun or make as much sense as the cars they're based on. They are a step in the right direction, but - attention, carmakers - why can't we just be in the right place to start with? Just because a fat midget weighs less than an overweight linebacker doesn't mean he's not fat.