{"id":32504,"date":"2023-01-26T06:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carsome.my\/news\/item\/crossover-vs-suv"},"modified":"2023-05-03T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:54:34","slug":"crossover-vs-suv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsome.my\/news\/item\/crossover-vs-suv","title":{"rendered":"Crossover vs SUV: Are There Actually Any Differences Between the Two?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SUV (sports utility vehicle) was once a utilitarian vehicle favored mostly by drivers who needed to haul large items and occasionally tackle semi-rough terrain. Now, it\u2019s arguably the most popular vehicle type as more and more drivers prefer the taller driving position and commanding road view that an <\/span>SUV<\/span><\/a><\/span> provides.<\/span><\/p>\n

With more of these vehicles coming into the market, you now have terms like crossovers or CUVs (crossover utility vehicles). In the debate of crossover versus SUV, some would argue that the <\/span>Honda HR-V<\/span><\/a><\/span> is not an SUV, but a crossover as it\u2019s built on a regular tarmac-biased passenger car platform, and only a ladder frame vehicle like the Toyota Fortuner can be called an SUV. But does it matter? Since 90 percent of SUVs today are based on passenger cars, we may need to reconsider what an SUV is.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"honda<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s What Honda Has to Say about Crossovers vs SUVs<\/span><\/h2>\n

To find out the difference between a crossover and an <\/span>SUV<\/span><\/a><\/span>, our friends at WapCar spoke to Yoshitomo Ihashi, Large Project Leader of the 2022-generation Honda HR-V. He said around 10 years ago, the body style of a vehicle closely resembles its category, be it an SUV or a minivan. Now, it\u2019s getting mixed so SUVs started being called crossovers.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also said that people would start referring to a high-rider vehicle with sporty styling as a crossover. However, Honda and its development team view the Honda HR-V as a compact SUV, as the concept of the vehicle is to provide the value and practicality of a compact SUV.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Honda<\/p>\n

The key design element of the HR-V is its sloping, coupe-like side profile with hidden rear door handles and a fastback-style low roofline. This, combined with its passenger car-based, front-wheel drive platform would logically put it in the crossover category but that\u2019s not what it\u2019s called by its creators.<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, there is no strict definition of a crossover as it doesn\u2019t actually exist in the automotive industry. In fact, you can use it interchangeably with the term SUV to refer to any high ground clearance, urban-biased passenger vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Origin of the SUV<\/span><\/h2>\n

To learn what an SUV is, we need to look at when the term SUV was coined in the late \u201880s by marketers at Jeep, the American automaker. Here\u2019s how the term SUV became popular.<\/span><\/p>\n

1980\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n