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What is CUV?

1, CUV concept

CUV – CUV English Car-Based Utility Vehicle abbreviation refers to the car chassis design of the platform and into the car, MPV and SUV as one of the characteristics of the utility vehicle , also known as Crossover. CUV originated in Japan in the late 20th century, after popular in North America and Western Europe. Such vehicles provide both driving experience and handling of the car, there are SUVs function, both good passing ability. For those who prefer rugged SUV appearance while focusing on automobile fuel economy in terms of users, CUV is their best choice. In early 2004, the Outlander officially launched in China, since then, China’s domestic automobile market began to advocate such a brand-new CUV concept car design.

oulande CUV ZDX

2, and CUV confusing concept

MPV, SUV abbreviated SRV are all models, they can easily be confused with a CUV. In terms of the type of car, there are cars, buses, vans, trucks points, their main difference lies in the chassis, depending on the chassis, which will be able to distinguish these seemingly identical category “V” car actually belonged.

CUV and MPV

CUV chassis of a passenger car chassis, and shape similar to SUVs.

MPV refers to a utility vehicle (Multi-Purpose Vehicles). Speaking from the source, MPV gradually evolved from a wagon, which combines generous occupant space station wagon, sedan comfort and functionality in a van, usually hatchback structure, namely utility vehicles. In layman’s terms, that can take 7-8 hatchback passenger cars. MPV space than the same relatively large displacement of the car. Its shape is usually partial business, more orthodox, CUV is not so tough. MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) and SUV, as part of Chinese national standard for passenger cars in four categoriesOne other. Shanghai GM GL8, Premarin, belong to Odyssey MPV.

CUV and SUV

SUV is the use of a pickup chassis technology development and design, but its good off-road comfort is poor. For example: China’s domestic low-end pickup exception – Great Wall Hover CUV, although it is known as CUV, but did not use the car-based chassis, and switch to the trapezoidal-beam non-load-style body, so it is more prone SUV.

CUV car chassis design in the internet. Although the SUV CUV has the appearance, but more emphasis on comfort, worse than its off-road SUV, but better than the average car. Outlander? Jin sector, Honda CRV, Toyota RAV4 are counted CUV.

SUV CUV and SRV

SRV can count cars in a subdivision concept. SRV’s English name is Small Recreation Vehicle, translated means “small recreational vehicle” generally refers to the hatchback, such as Shanghai GM

SRV Sail SRV. SRV is usually lightweight, compared to this CUV SUV appearance of the car, the shape of little more than “small” lot.

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