I truly hate semantics but utility and utilitarian are not necessarily regarded as the same thing and I don't think anyone intended or expected the H2 to be utilitarian.
The utility in SUV is a reference to the vehicles' overall usefullness, which I believe the H2 has. The H2 is very usefull and provides this in a relatively comfortable package that is also appealing to the eye (most eye's anyway).
Others have brought up the fact that the H2 is not very utilitarian. I have to agree with that and am very happy that it is not utilitarian. Utilitarian is usually indifferent to things other than it's intended purpose with no regard to it's looks or comfortability. The Humvee is a utilitarian vehicle because it provides a useful purpose without regards to comfort and convenience. Utilitarian refers to something being bare-bones, plain and serving it's intended purpose without any additional considerations. Other examples would be trucks designed strictly for rock crawling, stock cars, drag cars, etc.
I also own a Yukon XL Denali and it is very useful but again it's utility with the creature comforts. It rides extremely well, can pull a larger trailer, has more luggage room, can carry more passengers, etc, but it can't do all of this off-road like the H2 can. I feel like I have a great setup because along with my farm trucks I just about have all of the bases covered for anything I want to do.
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