Definition of sport utility vehicle Sport utility vehicle
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What does sport utility vehicle mean?
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| sport utility vehicle - a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis | ||
| sport utility, S.U.V., SUV | ||
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A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a type of vehicle that can carry lots of passengers, like a station wagon or minivan.
Appearence.
SUVs are shaped like a big station wagon. However, they are taller, because the seats are more upright and because they have a taller suspension so that they can go off road. (However, less than 10 percent of these vehicles actually do go off road.)
Another way that many SUVs are different from some regular cars is that many SUVs have four-wheel-drive, but most regular cars only have two-wheel-drive. Also, many SUVs have larger engines, like a six- or an eight-cylinder engine. In some countries, SUVs often have diesel engines.
Design.
SUVs come from designs that were originally military or commercial, such as the Jeep and the Land Rover. These vehicles have been popular for many years with rural people because they can go off-road, but now they are also popular with people in urban areas because they believe that they look good.
Modern designing.
Consequently, newer SUVs are more like cars because buyers like it that way. Instead of buying a car they buy a SUV that's designed like a car. They have luxury features and more car-like suspensions and ride heights. This is because most of these newer SUVs seldom go off-road, but stay on the street most of the time.
Uses.
However, some people do take their SUVs off the road to explore places that they could not go with a car, and to enjoy the driving. Because of this, there are many off-road clubs in di
