Think it’s hard hitting a moving target? Try being the target and having to keep moving, sort of like having the whole world on your six, trying to take you out.

That’s where the Nissan Murano is. Arguably the first crossover—if by “crossover” one means something more stylish than an SUV pretender on an automotive platform. Debuting as a 2003 model, the Murano had a totally sleek profile that made the Lexus RX350 look like nothing more than a beveled sport-ute. The Murano said, “I’m not an SUV and I don’t pretend to be one.”

We recently drove the new 2009 Nissan Murano and found that, as a target - or anything else - it moves rather well. Here’s our full review. Take a look and them come back tell us what you think.