Editing SUV (section)

=== American English ===
Automotive websites' descriptions of SUVs range from specifically "combining car-like appointments and wagon practicality with steadfast off-road capability" with "chair-height seats and picture-window visibility"<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bumbeck |first=Mike|title=Utility in Style – The 1972 Jeep Wagoneer blends an iconic design with modern driveability |date=27 August 2024 |url= https://www.hemmings.com/stories/utility-in-style-1972-jeep-wagoneer/ |magazine=Hemmings Classic Car |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> to the more general "nearly anything with available all-wheel drive and raised ground clearance".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.autotrader.com/car-shopping/suv-vs-crossover-whats-difference-215843 |title=SUV vs. Crossover: What's the Difference? |first=Russ |last=Heaps |date=25 March 2022 |website=autotrader.com |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> It is also suggested that the term "SUV" has replaced "jeep" as a general term for off-road vehicles.<ref name=Language>{{cite book|last=Glucksberg |first=Sam |title=Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphor to Idioms |year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198027126 |page=112 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rKX7qcQerLcC&q=In+recent+years,+the+term+SUV+has+come+into+the+popular+lexicon+to+replace+Jeep,+a+name+that+originated+during+World+War+II+as+slang+for&pg=PA112 |via=Google Books |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>

American dictionary definitions for SUVs include:
* "rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a [[Light truck|light-truck]] chassis"<ref name=MWSUV>{{cite dictionary|url= https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUV |title=Definition of SUV|dictionary=Merriam-Webster |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180105081637/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SUV |archive-date=5 January 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
* "automobile similar to a station wagon but built on a light truck frame"<ref name=MWfull>{{cite dictionary|url= https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport-utility%20vehicle |title=Definition of Sport-utility Vehicle|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171208040936/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport-utility%20vehicle |archive-date=8 December 2017 |url-status=live |date=2018-01-03|dictionary=Merriam-Webster|quote=an automobile similar to a station wagon but built on a light truck frame |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
* "large vehicle that is designed to be used on rough surfaces but that is often used on city roads or highways"<ref name=MWSUV/>
* "passenger vehicle similar to a station wagon but with the chassis of a small truck and, usually, four-wheel drive"<ref>{{cite book|title=Webster's New World College Dictionary |edition=Fourth |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt}}</ref>