sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle, or SUV, is a passenger vehicle  which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon  together with on or off road ability. Most SUVs are designed with a roughly square cross-section, an engine compartment, a combined passenger and cargo compartment, and no dedicated trunk. Most mid-size and full-size SUVs have three rows of seats with a cargo area directly behind the last row of seats. Compact SUVs and mini SUVs, such as the Toyota RAV4, may have five or fewer seats.
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Noun
1. a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
(synonym) sport utility, S.U.V.
(hypernym) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

Includes light trucks that are similar to jeeps. Other common terms for these vehicles are sport-utility, special purpose, utility or off-the-road vehicles. They may have a four or two-wheel drive. Previously called Jeep-Like Vehicle. (DOE4)