MotorTrend has seen countless models come and go in our 75 years, but there’s only one nameplate that’s been part of the automotive scene for the entirety of our existence: the Chevrolet Suburban.

The Suburban is, of course, the longer tenured of the two, with Chevrolet releasing the first vehicle under that nameplate in the mid-1930s. Jump ahead more than eight decades and Suburban is ...