Are you sure what you know you are saying?
You specifically said:
Jeep and Land Rover are the two exceptions
TWO EXCEPTIONS. Not some of the exceptions, TWO EXCEPTIONS! That is about as absolute as you can get my friend.
I provided you a picture/link from the porsche web page where they are flaunting the off road capability of the Cayenne. But rather than admit that your assertion is incorrect, you go on about targeted searches? That I had to "do a targeted search".. No actually all I had to do was read and click a link or two.. Many of us read rather than rely on the google for everything.
Besides, if someone is going to shell out any amount of money fore a new car, don't you think that they are going to go beyond the landing page? I am sure you do when you buy your cars. I know research the ba-jesus out of things when I am buying expensive toys.
Trying to invalidate my point as "Not marketing off road ability" because it is not on the first page for the Cayanne is ridiculous. It's like saying that ford doesn't market trucks because the F150 is currently not front and center on their website.
But I am not going to get into semantics with you. Because I will continue to point out more empirical evidence about luxury SUV manufactures are marketing the off road ability of their Utes and just like fox news, you will try and debunk the facts with your personal opinion... So it doesn't make sense for me to go about this logically because you won't allow yourself to accept new information….
Here is about as basic as I can put my point so that maybe you will get what I am saying:
Model S cannot ford water.
Model X will share same drivetrain/battery architecture as the X (this is why we will see an AWD S)
Nissan Leaf - Can ford Water:
BMW i3/i8 Can ford water
Porsche Cayman, BWM X5, Range Rover, Land Rover, Land Rover Evoque and even the MB can all ford a decent amount of water…
But your $100k Model x will get cold feet and won't' be able to do that?! Does that sound like "The worlds best SUV"? Sounds like fail to me…. Especially when the little leaf seems to move like a badass in water. But your 100k Tesla can't? That is unacceptable for me.
Ya ya, most people won't ever need it. But people buy SUV's for piece of mind. They want to know that if a disaster like Katrina comes along or they get a massive flood in their area, that their top of the line SUV will be able to get them where they need to go without pooping the bed because it got a little wet.
I LOVE Tesla. But just because I am a fanboy, doesn't mean I am going to give them a pass. As a fan and a shareholder, when they say BEST/Class Leading SUV, they need to deliver… If it can't do what a little Nissan Leaf does in water then they have failed to meet that goal. Period.