sport utility vehicle
noun
variants
or sport-utility vehicle
or less commonly sport utility
or sport-utility
plural sport utility vehicles or sport-utility vehicles also sport utilities or sport-utilities
: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : suv
called also sport-ute
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At least one person was killed and 32 others were injured, including two critically, after a tour bus and a sport utility vehicle crashed on a Southern California freeway, authorities said.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Using surveillance footage, Ivan determined the killers drove an Impala and Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The driver of the sport utility vehicle and a passenger were not hurt in the collision and were cooperating with an investigation into the wreck, police officials said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adams was looking to replace a 2009 sport utility vehicle with something new and was lured by a lease offer that seemed to good to be true: $138 a month for three years with $7,000 down.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
The Rogue sport utility vehicle that Nissan makes in Kanda and sells in the United States is also produced in America.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Ahead of that, the company is leaning into hybrid technology and has begun sales of its first battery-electric vehicle, the Prologue sport utility vehicle (SUV).
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The Kia Sorento debuted in the United States in 2002, joining the quickly expanding sport utility vehicle segment.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Several years ago, the battery-electric Audi E-Tron sport utility vehicle (now called the Audi Q8 E-Tron in its second generation) overlayed arrow graphics over a camera view of an intersection as a driver approached, showing where to turn.
—Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Using surveillance footage, Ivan determined the killers drove an Impala and Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The driver of the sport utility vehicle and a passenger were not hurt in the collision and were cooperating with an investigation into the wreck, police officials said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adams was looking to replace a 2009 sport utility vehicle with something new and was lured by a lease offer that seemed to good to be true: $138 a month for three years with $7,000 down.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
The Rogue sport utility vehicle that Nissan makes in Kanda and sells in the United States is also produced in America.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Ahead of that, the company is leaning into hybrid technology and has begun sales of its first battery-electric vehicle, the Prologue sport utility vehicle (SUV).
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The Kia Sorento debuted in the United States in 2002, joining the quickly expanding sport utility vehicle segment.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Several years ago, the battery-electric Audi E-Tron sport utility vehicle (now called the Audi Q8 E-Tron in its second generation) overlayed arrow graphics over a camera view of an intersection as a driver approached, showing where to turn.
—Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Sport utility vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20utility%20vehicle. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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