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Does anyone call an SUV a truck? Surely pickups are trucks.
by closewith 3y ago
Does anyone call an SUV a truck? Surely pickups are trucks.
- AlgorithmicTime 3y agoSome SUVs qualify as trucks under the definitions written into the law.
- skyyler 3y agoAccording to chrysler, the PT Cruiser was a "light truck". I do think it's common for people to call large SUVs like the Ford Excursion "trucks".
- porkbeer 3y agoThey were only classed as trucks because they could not pass emmissions otherwise. A great example of the truck laws perverse incentives to automakers.
- el_benhameen 3y agoMy wife is from the Midwest, and on visits there I’ve regularly heard people refer to suburbans/explorers/etc. as “trucks”. Essentially the same platform, but with an enclosed rear with seats.
- oh_sigh 3y agoIf you see enough pickup trucks with bed caps you'll start to just view SUVs as those