There’s not exactly a standard definition of what makes a vehicle a “real” SUV, but personally, when I think of a “real” SUV, I think of a vehicle with body-on-frame construction, and part-time 4WD (not AWD) with a high and low range.

Which I’m pretty sure means nothing Subaru makes currently would qualify as a “real” SUV, I’d be inclined to call them crossovers.

Not that I’m knocking them, for just about every situation your average SUV driver is likely to encounter I’d feel just as if not more comfortable in a Subaru than most “real” SUVs.

I probably do more SUV type stuff than the average SUV owner, I have to commute in the snow, drive onto beaches to go fishing, I don’t exactly go off-roading, but do drive on some really shitty dirt roads and occasionally find myself needing to drive over some fields and such, and honestly for most of that I’d be perfectly confident doing that in a Subaru and would even prefer it sometimes, the only thing holding me back is the towing capacity, all of them except the ascent come in a good bit below my 4runner, and I tow just barely often enough that I don’t want to downgrade in that aspect.