SUV vs Crossover - What's The Difference?

While the term "SUV" or "sport utility vehicle" has been used broadly to describe all types of utility vehicles, there really is a difference between them and crossover utility vehicles.

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[MrPami]

Suv all day everyday, I like the look and truck ride that's I'm keeping my 08 explorer with the v8, still ride great

[tushargupta]

SUV- Car which is a SUV.

Crossover- Cars which try to look like an SUV but mechanically they aren't.

[JRPLawyeress]

I have an Explorer and a Rogue. This is the clearest explanation I have heard. Thank you.

[OddTimeMan]

The lines are so blurred these days. GM refers to my Chevy Trax as a compact crossover suv. I've also heard them refer to it as a subcompact suv. It's a unibody, but my vehicle registration says it's a truck. Nothing makes sense anymore.

[Ktheodoss]

AWD crossovers are more appropriate for most people’s needs. Their capabilities are targeted towards handling bad weather, not off-roading. Most people’s SUVs were just overkill. Believe it or not, I used to drive down beat up dirt roads to get to a hunting spot in an old Cutlass Supreme that was rear wheel drive and no traction control. Somehow it always managed. My SUV used to do it without the drama but so would an AWD crossover.

[mariannalacrosse]

Nice explanations. However I wish the prices for the suv or crossovers were same as sedans. Some of the suv or crossovers with option or just starting msrp are amount of a mortgage. Thanks for review.

[bbrownasu]

I like crossovers for fuel economy and travel comfort. Unless it is packed window to window a crossover is easily accessible getting in and out and will still give you the elevation on the road. I have an Escalade. The reason is because I wanted a four wheel drive capable vehicle that had a lot of towing capacity. An AWD crossover is not good on fuel and the differentials typically go out more because they are overworked when people challenge their capabilities. My two cents😬

[stephenhendricks]

Excellent presentation, Chris. There are a number of reasons that almost all body-on-frame SUV's have been replaced with unibody CUV's over the years. You've identified the most important, the fact that CUV's have more appealing driving dynamics for most consumers. I'd add a few others.

() Lighter weight of unibody platforms results in better fuel economy and/or better performance than comparable body-on-frame vehicles.

() Unibody designs (especially when combined with FWD and FWD-biased AWD) provide more flexibility in terms of internal space allocation and greater overall interior room.

() The advantages of body-on-frame SUV's lie in (a) towing capacity and (b) capabilities in extreme off-road environments. Neither, however, is a high priority for most consumers.

The bottom line is that CUV's play the same role as family station wagons played in the 1950's with an image of ruggedness and higher driver seating positions that wagons (and minivans) lack. The remaining body-on-frame SUV's are appropriate for more specialized use cases and for those who feel the need to reinforce their masculine gender identity with a vehicle.

[SpeedyNeo]

I look at crossovers as thicker and slightly lifted station wagons.

[ervincenteno]

Thanks bro I really appreciate it, love SUV’s 😀

[gossettdaley]

My 5 and 6 yr old love SUVs and love their Youtube reviews. This will be helpful for them as I'm trying to explain the difference :D. Thanks!

[mohammedtariq]

CUV most serves families for many reasons, including large area and high clearance of the land, which is useful in the rainy winter days and is not the purpose of the cuv to conduct wild adventures because more use in the streets and terraced semi-winding ...

[TboltTForLife]

SUV and Sedan for me. I have a Sedan and a Truck, the latter of which will be replaced by an SUV in about 3 years because it's rusting and I like SUV's better than pickup trucks anyway(but at least I tried to get into pickup trucks). I've always had such hatred for crossovers.

[loosu]

Always SUV. For speed a car with AWD n trubo.

[sarbteja]

hi bro thanks for video, I have a doubt about mitsubishi outlander is this crossover or suv?

[gamerincorporated]

At the end of the day, people still consider all vehicles that look like that an SUV.

[seenu]

As per the information that you provided, nowadays cuv is almost same like suv. Only advantage in suv is fuel economy. That's it right? Are there any advantages over one another apart from fuel economy?

[valerieobrien]

Are SUVs safer in a crash since they are heavier? (Assuming an SUV and CUV have same safety features)

[jddiggy]

What's crazy is there's now a crossover segment that looks like a stretched out sedan

[eladsungsunggernyw]

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crossover are all Front wheel Drive❓❔❓