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Hmmm.. sounds like quite the quandary to me. I usually reserve the word "truck" for pick-ups. And I never say "SUV" in reference to anything. I have a Grand Cherokee, and I'm not like, "Hey ladies, let's run down to my 'SUV' and take a trip to Tijuana." I usually just use the bland term "car".

To me an SUV is not a truck. Maybe a Cherokee or some other manly type SUV could be a truck... but don't go calling your girly Ford Escape or Toyota RAV 4 a truck.

On a similar note... anyone noticed how the new Durango looks a little like a mini van?

Your "friends" sound really wise. "SUV" is always the correct term for SUVs. "Truck" should always be reserved for vehicles with beds.

So how about an El Camino or an old Subaru Brat? They have beds, but I don't consider them "trucks".
I don't call SUVs "trucks" or "SUVs". I usually refer to them by whatever model they are.

Actually, Mr. Mark's opinion:

Question: What is the definition of a truck and may the term be used in reference to an SUV?

Purpose

Assuming that a ‘truck’ is a vehicle or machine, motorized or not, that is used to move cargo. (Lift Truck, Box truck, Hand truck, Semi-trailer Truck, etc.)

Realizing that the term ‘cargo’ may be used to describe livestock. (Cows, Sheep, Goats, Poultry, Fraternity brothers, etc.)

Further realizing the spaciousness of an SUV is for the express purpose of moving cargo.

An SUV may be termed a truck.

Design

Assuming that a ‘truck’ is a vehicle or machine, motorized or not, designed to withstand rougher service than the average passenger car.

Realizing that most SUVs are built on light duty truck chassis to fulfill this requirement.

An SUV may be termed a truck.

Semantics

Assuming that the antagonists in this debate used as much reasoning to purchase their SUV as they are using to defend this argument.

Realizing that most SUVs are purchased because someone else owns one.

Realizing that cattle behave in much the same manner.

Further realizing that cattle are livestock.

An SUV may be termed a truck.

An SUV is built on a truck frame. It has similarithies to a truck...tell your friends to get over it. I'd probably call it a truck just to get under their skin.

I think Van has a good point. If anything, SUV's seem to be melting into vans nowadays. Though I would say a Suburban appears similar to a truck with a cover on the back.

thanks james!

What does the automobile industry call an SUV by the way? An "SUV". Do you think they created the term "Sport's Utility Vehicle" for nothing? Call it what the industry calls it. That is canon.

This is the problem with America. We assume everyting can be defined by us as individuals. Forget the original intent or the definition assigned by the author or creator of a thing. I'm moving to Germany or England where tradition still has some grasp on society.

I call the big ones trucks. The old K5 blazers and the full size broncos. They are f-150's and c10 pickup trucks basically. A rav 4 or ford escape or the new mercadies suv's are hybrid chassis that are a conglomerate of car and truck technology, and are not trucks. The broncos and k5 blazers and suburbans have solid axles, except the bronco which shares its twin I beam front suspension from its f150 brother.