What is the proper terminology for this particular vehicle? (Poll inbound)

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Posted: 7/19/2010 1:23:51 PM EDT

My former boss has one of these:

But today her husband took it, and she was driving his Mustang.

She kept referring to it as her "truck". It took a lot in me not to correct her and call it an SUV.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:25:57 PM EDT

[#1]

It's an SUV.

IMO, no bed and/or no frame = not a truck.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:26:51 PM EDT

[#2]

SUV. I call my suv a truck all the time.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:26:56 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
It's an SUV.

IMO, no bed and/or no frame = not a truck.

Well of course.

She used to have a Sport Trac, that is a truck.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:27:04 PM EDT

[#4]

I call it an SUV.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:27:18 PM EDT

[#5]

A station wagon is a station wagon, regardless of marketing terminology.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:28:18 PM EDT

[#6]

It's an SUV, but when I am talking about my Suburban I refer to it as a truck.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:28:47 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
It's an SUV, but when I am talking about my Suburban I refer to it as a truck.

My sister used to call her S10 Blazer a truck all the time.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:29:11 PM EDT

[#8]

In the Army we called M1114s trucks (or gun trucks), and I still call SUVs trucks.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:29:24 PM EDT

[#9]

A station wagon.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:32:06 PM EDT

[#10]

That's an SUV. I'd hesitate to call it a truck because it's a unibody. A Tahoe would be different, IMO. But, let her call it a "truck". It's closer to that than a car.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:32:12 PM EDT

[#11]

Truck(s)

Pickup Truck

That thing in the OP = Not a truck.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:32:17 PM EDT

[#12]

cute yute...
no frame probably no 4x4 either

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:33:10 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
cute yute...
no frame probably no 4x4 either

Hers isn't. Which makes no sense, because we live somewhere where there's WINTER. It does have traction control, which makes some sense but 4WD>traction control, IMO.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:39:29 PM EDT

[#14]

I have an suv too but I still call it my truck. Besides it has truck plates on it. Cheaper than car plates for some strange reason.

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Posted: 7/19/2010 1:40:29 PM EDT

[#15]

I am always annoyed when people call something like that a truck. It's an SUV. It annoys me in the same way as people calling a small SUV that is not a JEEP product a "jeep."

ETA: I am less annoyed when its a full size SUV built on a truck frame. However, it's still a SUV.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:41:00 PM EDT

[#16]

Clearly a rig

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Posted: 7/19/2010 1:41:50 PM EDT

[#17]

Well, it's built in a truck plant that is under the truck division, but it really doesn't meet the definition of a truck.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:42:22 PM EDT

[#18]

SUV

Although I always hear people refer to them as trucks

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:42:46 PM EDT

[#19]

I guess if she is paying for it she can call it a whatever she wants. But the proper term for that thing is SUV.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:42:53 PM EDT

[#20]

Station Wagon

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:44:42 PM EDT

[#21]

As a side note, my Chevrolet Avalanche sure looks like a truck, it's sister vehicle the Tahoe sure looks like an SUV, but the title says station wagon.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:45:28 PM EDT

[#22]

SUV.

Unless it's made by Jeep - then I call it a Jeep.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:46:19 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
As a side note, my Chevrolet Avalanche sure looks like a truck, it's sister vehicle the Tahoe sure looks like an SUV, but the title says station wagon.

The registration on ANY Chevy product we have had with the phrase "Blazer" in the name(Blazer, TrailBlazer) says "Carryall."

Explain that to me.

Quoted:
SUV.

Unless it's made by Jeep - then I call it a Jeep.

My girlfriend's family has a Grand Cherokee and she calls it a Jeep.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:49:03 PM EDT

[#24]

Truck - 2010 Freightliner Cascadia

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:49:44 PM EDT

[#25]

I call mine a "cruck."

FYI, when I bought mine it came from the Ford Truck Division, so I think calling it a truck is perfectly fine.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:50:04 PM EDT

[#26]

Sport Utility Vehicle.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:53:43 PM EDT

[#27]

Soccer-momwagon.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:54:00 PM EDT

[#28]

Thats not a truck, can do what a truck can do.

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:55:07 PM EDT

[#29]

It says truck back there so thats what I call it

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:56:21 PM EDT

[#30]

Truck

Posted: 7/19/2010 1:59:05 PM EDT

[#31]

I figure if it was built on a truck frame then it is technically a truck.

Frontier - Xterra

Silverado - Suburban / Tahoe

S-10 - Blazer

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:05:25 PM EDT

[#32]

I have a car and a truck.

My wife has a car and an SUV.

I frequently use the term "her truck" to denote her SUV (as opposed to "her car") just because it's quicker/easier to say than "her S-U-V" (two syllables vs. four). I know the difference, but everybody knows what I'm talking about and, unless they just want to be an ass, nobody is going to think twice about it.

FWIW, if I'm being honest I consider that Escape in the picture above a "mini-SUV" or "mini-ute" –– but I despise both of those terms, personally, and refuse to use them.

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:07:45 PM EDT

[#33]

There are different levels of vehicle description-

Kingdom: Motor Vehicle
Phylum: Car, Truck, Bike
Class: Wagon, Coupe, Sedan, SUV, Pick-up, etc...
Order: Sports Car, GT, Crossover, Luxury SUV, etc...
Family: Ford, etc...
Genus: Mustang, etc...
Species: GT, etc...

I would argue that a vehicle on a truck chassis without a bed, like an Expedition, could be called a truck or an SUV, while a boxy vehicle on a car chassis without a trunk, like a Rav4, could be called a car or an SUV.

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:07:47 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

Station Wagon

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:20:33 PM EDT

[#35]

We call my wife's Suzuki XL-7 a truck, but it's 4WD. As in 2H-N-4H-4L.

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:41:55 PM EDT

[#36]

This here be one of them newfangled things called crossovers.

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:47:52 PM EDT

[#37]

Front wheel drive hatchback

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:48:17 PM EDT

[#38]

It IS an SUV, but I guess that the owner's use determines their mentality towards it (in terms of truck vs. SUV)

Posted: 7/19/2010 2:48:20 PM EDT

[#39]

I'd call it an SUV.

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:05:55 PM EDT

[#40]

The Technical term is SUV however I call my SUV a truck all the time, Has the same engine as the truck, has the same frame, and 4x4/towing so why not?

a "Cross over" is NOT a truck it is an SUV or Car because its built on a sedan frame.

Think of an SUV with a truck with a permanent topper and seats that people can sit in! You can still fold the seats down and use it just as a truck (some people even have rubber liners for them to make sure they don't get all muddy.)

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:07:56 PM EDT

[#41]

I would call it a crossover because it isn't manly enough to be an SUV.

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:10:04 PM EDT

[#42]

Much quicker to say truck than pronounce Ess-You-Vee. Regardless of what it is (you might even call it a tall station wagon), I would probably refer to it in conversation as a truck, the same way I refer to my Xterra. (which I acknowledge is also an SUV)

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:12:05 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
My former boss has one of these: http://image.trucktrend.com/f/9450445+w750+st0/163_news080401_02z+2008_ford_hybrids_tax_credit+2008_ford_escape_hybrid_rear.jpg But today her husband took it, and she was driving his Mustang.

She kept referring to it as her "truck". It took a lot in me not to correct her and call it an SUV.

Come on, here in IL, trucks have truck plates; not even a Suburban is a truck according to the S.o.S. Office.

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:12:09 PM EDT

[#44]

My full size van is a truck and so is my wife's small SUV. Pickups are trucks, so are vans and SUVs because they aren't cars.

If someone wants to call it a truck, it's a truck.

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:13:05 PM EDT

[#45]

Trucks have a body mounted on a frame.

That vehicle does not.

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:23:18 PM EDT

[#46]

That's an "Off-Road" vehicle that will never see the Off-road...

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:29:40 PM EDT

[#47]

But then I call my SUV a truck all the time too! ..so I say both an SUV and a Truck.

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:30:13 PM EDT

[#48]

SUV. Why is this a question?

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:38:26 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My former boss has one of these: http://image.trucktrend.com/f/9450445+w750+st0/163_news080401_02z+2008_ford_hybrids_tax_credit+2008_ford_escape_hybrid_rear.jpg But today her husband took it, and she was driving his Mustang.

She kept referring to it as her "truck". It took a lot in me not to correct her and call it an SUV.

Come on, here in IL, trucks have truck plates; not even a Suburban is a truck according to the S.o.S. Office.

When my sister bought her '96 Blazer, my mom asked the dealer what kind of plates it needed.

Posted: 7/19/2010 3:40:24 PM EDT

[#50]

In my vocab, I'll refer to an SUV as a truck casually, never had any misunderstanding

I guess, all SUV's are a type of truck, but not all trucks are SUV's

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