Do you refer to your 4Runner as a Truck, SUV, or Car?

good question..I refer to my '97 as SUV

 

That is good stuff right there

 

Wait. How’s this? “High-profile four-wheel-drive vehicle.”

 

Tokyo Tank

 

minivan vrooomm~

 

I just call it "my rig" but if I have to explain it to someone else then I refer to it as simply a 4Runner. It's kind of it's own type in my mind.

 

The 4R is just a glorified station wagon.

 

Great movie!

 

SUV

 

Hmm. I never quite connected to John Hughes films. Even back in the day.

 

That's fine. I don't care for some popular things myself. I happen to like a few John Hughes films, though.

 

Truck. Or steed.
Rocinante

sonny, whar i growed up, "magnum" wuz anuther wurd fer "lousy hunter"

 

Truck or Rig.

 

Oh and what a glorious wagon it is!

Guagua La Gloria…. Hmmm. That might be a good name.

 

I call it “MINE” as in “paid in full” - no payments!!

That’s the best kind of car, truck, station wagon, 4Runner or SUV that there is….

Cheers,
Bob

 

Lately I'm leaning toward calling it a 'car', because we have not been off the road in a while. Getting back on some old logging trails should suffice, add in some rocky up hills, and then we'll probably call it..... 'truck'. SUV sounds kind of generic to me, don't they call Jeep Cherokees SUV?

 

It's a truck. The Nissan Pathfinder, Ford Exploder, and Honda pilot to name a few modern-day SUVs are not in the same league as the 4Runner. The 4Runner shares more characteristics and parts from a truck. SUV to me is a family hauler that is built on fuel efficiency, and comfort in mind. Anything built for off-roading, towing, or hauling is a truck.

 

Well said! In my personal opinion a true truck also has a frame and a body attached. The 4Runner obviously has this (it should have been undercoated prior to production) but that’s another story.

 

It’s a truck!!!

 

Mama's Mall Marauder. Her Puddle Princess. Wife's WTF Mobile. My Lady's Tactical Taxi. and my favorite... Her 4skinner

 

Rig or Truck.. but we have an older 4 door Land Cruiser and we will say go get in the Cruiser and now that we have the 4runner I am saying go get in the Runner.

 

Went camping this weekend, my wife constantly called it the truck.

 

The 84 Cherokee XJ is credited with being the first "modern" SUV.

According to the interwebs, the 74 Cherokee SJ was the first time the term "SUV' appeared, Jeep used it in it's marketing literature. Other SUVs of the time would include the K5 Blazer/Jimmy, Suburban, International Scout, Wagoneer, and the Bronco.

I wish we still had that type of SUV around.

 

And don’t forget our beloved FJ-40’s and FJ-45 wagons.
My old ‘73 FJ-40 was registered as a Sp Uti Wagn.

 

But I thought the Subaru Outback was the world's first sport utility wagon???

 

And the Volkswagen Thing. Although the Thing pre-dates the term I think. The marketing literature calls it a “multi-purpose car.”

 

Lately: Gas Hog

 

Although marketing term "SUV" didnt get coined until the 80s, my personal opinion is the Surfers in California were using the Woody's and panel wagons as an suv to haul surfboards and camping gear as far back as the late 40s and early 50s.

 

It was a CA. registered vehicle, so there’s that.
All of the Toyota P/U’s that I have had were titled, Commercial.
But, the Subaru Brat was a passenger car because it had the two rear facing seats in the bed.

ldk if this is still true (in CA.) but, if a seat(s) is permanently mounted in the bed of a P/U, it’s considered as a passenger (car), and has lower fees. But don’t get caught hauling anything nonhuman.