what is suv car

An SUV, or Sports Utility Vehicle, is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive. The term "SUV" is a loose term that traditionally covers a broad range of vehicles with four-wheel drive that can be taken off-road and have the feel of a lighter truck. However, there is no commonly agreed-upon definition of an SUV, and usage of the term varies between countries. Some definitions claim that an SUV must be built on a light truck chassis; however, broader definitions consider any vehicle with off-road design features to be an SUV. A crossover SUV is often defined as an SUV built with a unibody construction (as with passenger cars) . SUVs can come in any size – small, midsize or large. The lines are blurry between wagons and SUVs, and purists draw a line between body-on-frame SUVs and car-based unibody SUVs, known as "crossover SUVs" or "crossovers".