The term SUV, English abbreviation of “Sport Utility Vehicle”, can be translated into French as “sport utility vehicle”.
If it is difficult to find an exact authorship for it, whether it is a marketing term or the abbreviation of a journalist in need of classification, it has in any case been used since the 1970s in the United States. United, in a promotional brochure extolling the merits of the new Jeep Cherokee.
A model which at the time was intended to be shorter, narrower, lower and above all less
heavy than the 4x4 Wagoneer presented in 1962. But to be able to tax it you still need to be able to define it...
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