* Honda Element, a sport utility vehicle

Jeep's line of vehicles consists solely of sport utility vehicles and off-road vehicles but has also included pickup trucks in the past.

The first Willys MB Jeeps were produced in 1941 with the first civilian models in 1945, making it the oldest off-road vehicle and sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) brand.

* Criticism of sport utility vehicles

* Isuzu MU Wizard, a compact sport / utility vehicle ( automobile )

In contrast to vans, sport utility vehicles ( SUV ), and many crossover SUVs, most current MPVs are front-wheel drive.

During the 1980s, North American minivans generally had four-cylinder engines and were slow and under-powered when compared with sport utility vehicles, but were more fuel efficient.

The company currently produces Porsche 911, Boxster and Cayman sports cars, the Cayenne sport utility vehicle and the four-door Panamera.

The Boxster was Porsche's biggest volume seller from its introduction in 1996 until the company introduced the Cayenne sport utility vehicle in 2003.

The term SUV normally refers to sport utility vehicles.

Most small trucks such as sport utility vehicles ( SUVs ) or pickups, and even light medium-duty trucks in North America and Russia will use petrol engines ( gasoline engines ), but many diesel engined models are now being produced.

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured by Chrysler Group LLC, a multinational manufacturer in a global strategic alliance with Fiat, in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide.

Dodge ’ s first experiments with anything like a sport utility vehicle appeared in the late 1950s with a windowed version of their standard panel-truck-known as the Town Wagon.

Starting in 2004, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) began to hold sport utility vehicles to the same tailpipe emissions standards as cars.

The traditional truck-based SUV is gradually being supplanted by the crossover SUV, which uses an automobile platform for lighter weight and better fuel efficiency, as a response to much of the criticism of sport utility vehicles.

The actual term " sport utility vehicle " did not come into wide popular usage until the late 1980s ; many of these vehicles were marketed during their era as station wagons.

According to the transportation curator at the Henry Ford Museum, Robert Casey, the Jeep Cherokee ( XJ ) was the first true sport utility vehicle in the modern understanding of the term.

With the introduction of more luxurious models and a much more powerful 4-liter engine, sales of the Cherokee increased even higher as the price of gasoline fell, and the term " sport utility vehicle " began to be used in the national press for the first time.

The sport utility vehicles have also gained popularity in some areas of Mexico, specially where there is desert or in cities where drivers frequently encounter potholes, detours, high water and rough roads.

The sport utility vehicles are used in many different kinds of tours around the world to reach places otherwise the tourist would not be able to enjoy.

* Criticism of sport utility vehicles

* List of sport utility vehicles

* Toyota Sequoia, a sport utility vehicle

The types of vehicles include, but are not limited to sport utility vehicles ( SUVs ), light-duty trucks, and any combination thereof, along with all the various van and car sizes, but would generally be taken to exclude human powered vehicles such as bicycles.

The Forester XTI concept vehicle uses the 2. 5 liter intercooled turbo engine from Subaru WRX STI, 6-speed manual transmission, 18 x 8-inch S204 forged alloy wheels with Yokohama Advan Neova 255 / 40R18 performance tires, adjustable coil-over suspension, Brembo brakes with 4-piston front calipers, 2-piston rear calipers, Super Sport ABS and Electronic Brake-force Distribution ( EBD ), leather and Alcantara sport seats, a special instrument cluster, front dash and center console and leather-wrapped steering wheel.

More common names include: UAV, drone, remotely piloted vehicle ( RPV ), remotely piloted aircraft ( RPA ), remotely operated aircraft ( ROA ), and for those " limited-size " ( as defined by the FAI ) unmanned aircraft flown in the USA's National Airspace System, flown solely for recreation and sport purposes such as models and radio control ( R / Cs ), which are generally flown under the voluntary safety standards of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, the United States ' national aeromodeling organization.

* Ford Explorer, a model of sport utility vehicle

* Hyundai Santa Fe, a sport utility vehicle

* Toyota Rush, the name under which a version of the Daihatsu Terios mini sport utility vehicle is marketed in Indonesia

* Chrysler Pacifica, a crossover sport utility vehicle

* In 2003, Bombardier announced a conceptual design for such a device used as a sport vehicle, the EMBRIO.

Up to this point, Chrysler-Plymouth outlets did not have a sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) to sell, and adding the Jeep line helped dealers offer customers a range of vehicles in a rapidly growing market segment.

The popularity of these downsized Jeeps pioneered a new market segment for what later became defined as the sport utility vehicle ( SUV ).

* Dodge Durango, 4-door sport utility vehicle ( SUV )

* Pontiac Aztek, a sport utility vehicle

In contemporary usage, the term may be applied to any vehicle type — including sedan, coupe, hatchback, station wagon, and convertible body styles, as well as to minivans, crossovers, or sport utility vehicles and to any size vehicle, from small to large — in any price range.

Australian English: The term " recreational vehicle " may refer to a sport utility vehicle ( SUV or 4x4 ).

These tires were mostly used on the Ford Explorer, the world's top-selling sport utility vehicle ( SUV ).

The Civic platform also served as the basis for the CR-X sport compact, the CR-X del Sol targa convertible, the Honda Concerto, the first generation Honda Prelude, the Honda Civic Shuttle ( later to become the Honda Orthia ), and the CR-V compact SUV.

The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) sold by the General Motors luxury brand, Cadillac.

After introducing its compact Jeep Cherokee ( XJ ), the vehicle that launched the modern sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) market, AMC began development of a new model, that later came out as the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class or G-Wagen ( as it was called from 1979 to 1994 ), short for Geländewagen ( or cross-country vehicle ), is a four-wheel drive vehicle / sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) produced by Steyr-Puch ( now Magna Steyr ) in Austria for German automaker Mercedes-Benz.

The Mercedes-Benz M-Class is a luxury sport utility vehicle ( SUV ), first offered in 1997 as a 1998 model, and built by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz.

The Mercury Mountaineer was a mid-size sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) that was sold by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company from 1997 until 2010.

The Oldsmobile Bravada is a mid-size luxury sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) from the now retired Oldsmobile marque of General Motors.

The Ford U platform designation is used by Ford Motor Company for a range of sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) and crossover utility vehicle ( CUV ) automobile platform applications.

The Jeep Wrangler is a compact four-wheel drive sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) and an off-road vehicle manufactured by American automaker Chrysler, under its Jeep marque – and now in its fourth generation.

A crossover ( or CUV: crossover utility vehicle ) is a vehicle built on a car platform and combining, in highly variable degrees, features of a sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) and / or minivan with features from a passenger vehicle, especially those of a station wagon or hatchback.

Given that many sport utility vehicles ( SUVs ) were rarely driven off-pavement, a new car-based " crossover " was marketed with hopes of providing an appealing subset of SUV-like elements that most SUV owners actually used.

The 1998 Navigator was introduced in August 1997 as Lincoln's first sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) with seating for up to eight people.

The Lincoln Aviator was a mid-size sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) produced by the Ford Motor Company's Lincoln luxury division.

The Dodge Durango is a full-size sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) from the Dodge division of Chrysler.