Jeep Wagoneer
Today’s SUVs are bloated sedans with little or no off-road performance even though they look like big off-roaders and have lots of space and luxuries. On the other hand, the Jeep Wagoneer looked like a big off-roader, was quite luxurious for its era, and offered respectable off-road skills. All that made the Wagoneer the ultimate vintage luxury off-road vehicle. The fact that it was produced from 1963 to 1991 with just a few tweaks is valid proof of its quality (via Motor Trend).
At first, the Wagoneer was available as a two or four-door SUV or a two-door panel truck. As the model progressed, it became available with more features including those wooden side panels. An interesting fact about the Wagoneer is that a compass was available as standard equipment, proving that this wasn’t meant for the streets but rather a luxurious land barge for navigating ranches, fields, and mountain trails. This was the first proper SUV and granddad of all modern SUVs.