What Does SUV Stand For? The Meaning Behind The Abbreviation

The automotive realm is jam-packed with acronyms. There’s EV for electric vehicle, MDS for Multi-Displacement System, ABS for Anti-lock Brake System, and hundreds of other abbreviations. One such linguistic shortcut that has become very common in the last couple of decades is SUV, but what does SUV mean and what is the history of this term? SUV stands for ‘sport utility vehicle,’ and designates a broad range of models that have reasonable cargo-carrying capacity and some ability to go off-road.

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