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What Does SUV Stand For?

Though SUVs have become the world's most popular vehicle segment, many automakers and dictionaries disagree on what is and is not an SUV. For example, body-on-frame vehicles built on truck chassis are almost always called SUVs, while unibody SUVs are often called crossover SUVs or CUVs. Find out more...