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Mini SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicle
Sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing description for a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on or off-road ability, some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan....
s with a length under . This class should not be confused with compact SUV
Compact SUV

Compact SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicles with a length roughly between . This class should not be confused with mini SUV, which refers to smaller vehicles....
, which refers to slightly larger vehicles, from .

Early mini SUVs were off-road vehicle
Off-road vehicle

An off-road vehicle is considered to be any type of vehicle which is capable of off-roading on and off Pavement or gravel surface. It is generally characterized by having large tires with deep, open treads and a flexible suspension , or even caterpillar tracks....
s built on body-on-frame
Body-on-frame

Body-on-frame is an automobile construction technology. Mounting a separate body to a rigid frame which supports the drivetrain was the original method of building automobiles, and its use continues to this day....
 chassis, such as the Jeep Wrangler
Jeep Wrangler

The Wrangler is an SUV produced by United States automaker Chrysler under its Jeep marque. It is a successor to the famous Willys MB vehicle by way of the Willys civilian Jeep in the 1950s, later produced by Kaiser-Jeep and by American Motors ....
 and Suzuki Samurai.






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Mini SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicle
Sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing description for a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on or off-road ability, some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan....
s with a length under . This class should not be confused with compact SUV
Compact SUV

Compact SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicles with a length roughly between . This class should not be confused with mini SUV, which refers to smaller vehicles....
, which refers to slightly larger vehicles, from .

Early mini SUVs were off-road vehicle
Off-road vehicle

An off-road vehicle is considered to be any type of vehicle which is capable of off-roading on and off Pavement or gravel surface. It is generally characterized by having large tires with deep, open treads and a flexible suspension , or even caterpillar tracks....
s built on body-on-frame
Body-on-frame

Body-on-frame is an automobile construction technology. Mounting a separate body to a rigid frame which supports the drivetrain was the original method of building automobiles, and its use continues to this day....
 chassis, such as the Jeep Wrangler
Jeep Wrangler

The Wrangler is an SUV produced by United States automaker Chrysler under its Jeep marque. It is a successor to the famous Willys MB vehicle by way of the Willys civilian Jeep in the 1950s, later produced by Kaiser-Jeep and by American Motors ....
 and Suzuki Samurai. Earlier mini SUVs are still often used due to their off-road prowess and more manageable size on the trail (for example, a large SUV might not fit in the narrower parts of the trail). The most capable off-road vehicles built earlier were mini SUVs due to them having been built for off-roading, while the trend for larger four-door SUV since the introduction of the Jeep Cherokee
Jeep Cherokee

Jeep Cherokee may refer to:* Jeep Cherokee * Jeep Cherokee * Jeep Grand Cherokee , , and * Jeep Liberty, a.k.a. Jeep Cherokee ...
 and the Ford Explorer
Ford Explorer

The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990. It's manufactured in Louisville, Kentucky ....
 has increasingly been toward family hauling and on-road use rather than hard off-roading.

However, current mini SUVs have followed a similar trend, usually having unibody construction and few off-road capabilities, falling into the crossover SUV
Crossover SUV

A crossover — variously called CUV or crossover utility vehicle — is a marketing term for a vehicle that derives from a car automobile platform while borrowing features from an Sport utility vehicle or Minivan....
 category. They have substituted off-road cosmetic features, such as large black bumpers and slightly increased ground clearance.

Mini SUVs have become popular in some countries because of fashion trends: for example, wealthy young people buy them just to have a "different looking" car. An advantage over larger SUVs is the better fuel economy
Fuel economy in automobiles

Fuel economy in automobiles is the amount of fuel required to move the automobile over a given distance. While the fuel efficiency of petroleum internal combustion engine has improved markedly in recent decades, , this does not necessarily translate into better fuel economy, if larger and heavier vehicles are used, or if that effici...
, which is very similar to subcompact car
Subcompact car

File:1973 Vega GT.jpgFile:Bluepinto.jpgA subcompact car is an automobile in a North American vehicle size class, encompassing vehicles smaller than compact cars....
s / superminis
Supermini car

A supermini is a British car classification term that describes automobiles larger than a city car but smaller than a small family car. This car class is also known as the B-segment across Europe, and as Subcompact in North America....
.

In Japan, as cars under 3400 mm in length are classified as kei car
Kei car

Kei car, K-car, or , is a Japanese category of small automobiles, including automobiles, microvan, and kei truck. They are designed to exploit local tax and insurance relaxations, and in more rural areas are exempted from the requirement to certify that adequate parking is available for the vehicle....
s and attract lower taxes; some manufacturers build these cars with off-road looks (such as the Mitsubishi Pajero Mini
Mitsubishi Pajero Mini

The Mitsubishi Pajero Mini is a kei car produced by Mitsubishi Motors since December 1994. Based on the platform of the Mitsubishi Minica but styled as a miniature version of the company's successful Mitsubishi Pajero SUV, in response to the SUV craze of the late 1980s and early 1990s....
).

Mini SUVs


Crossover

  • Daihatsu Terios
    Daihatsu Terios

    The Daihatsu Terios is a mini SUV, first released in 1997 by the Japanese car manufacturer Daihatsu. The engine was a modified Daihatsu Charade 1.3 litre engine or 660cc kei car engine, with constant four wheel drive or two wheel drive....
  • Fiat Sedici
    Fiat Sedici

    The Fiat Sedici is a mini SUV co-developed by Fiat and Suzuki mainly for the European market. It was introduced at the 2006 Salon International de l'Auto, and is built at the Magyar Suzuki plant in Hungary....
  • Honda HR-V
    Honda HR-V

    The Honda HR-V is a mini SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Honda since 1999. The abbreviation HR-V stands officially for Hybrid Recreation Vehicle in Europe and High Rider Vehicle in Japan....
  • Lada Niva
    Lada Niva

    The Lada Niva is an off-road vehicle built by Russian automaker AutoVAZ. The car is very popular in its home country. It is also popular in Canada , South America, Europe, and other regions where the terrain requires a robust and tough car for a reasonable price....
  • Suzuki Ignis
    Suzuki Ignis

    The Suzuki Ignis was a small crossover SUV introduced by Suzuki Motor Corporation in 2000 as a replacement for the Suzuki Cultus.Mk. I ...
  • Suzuki SX4
    Suzuki SX4

    The Suzuki SX4 is a compact car developed by Japanese and Italian automakers Suzuki and Fiat and produced since 2006. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign studio, the SX4 replaces the Suzuki Aerio ....
    /Fiat Sedici
    Fiat Sedici

    The Fiat Sedici is a mini SUV co-developed by Fiat and Suzuki mainly for the European market. It was introduced at the 2006 Salon International de l'Auto, and is built at the Magyar Suzuki plant in Hungary....


Heavy duty

  • AIL Storm
    AIL Storm

    The AIL Storm is an Israeli manufactured mini SUV and the workhorse of the Israeli Security Forces. The series of Jeep Wrangler based vehicles have been produced by Automotive Industries in Nazareth Illit under licence from Chrysler since 1990....
  • Jeep Wrangler
    Jeep Wrangler

    The Wrangler is an SUV produced by United States automaker Chrysler under its Jeep marque. It is a successor to the famous Willys MB vehicle by way of the Willys civilian Jeep in the 1950s, later produced by Kaiser-Jeep and by American Motors ....
     (except long-wheelbase Unlimited)
  • Suzuki Samurai
  • Troller T4
    Troller T4

    The Troller T4 is a four-wheel drive vehicle made by Troller Ve?culos Especiais S/A. It's available only as a two-door car with a fibreglass body and steel chassis, with a design inspired by the Jeep....


See also

  • Compact SUV
    Compact SUV

    Compact SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicles with a length roughly between . This class should not be confused with mini SUV, which refers to smaller vehicles....
  • Crossover SUV
    Crossover SUV

    A crossover — variously called CUV or crossover utility vehicle — is a marketing term for a vehicle that derives from a car automobile platform while borrowing features from an Sport utility vehicle or Minivan....
  • Mini MPV
    Mini MPV

    Mini MPV is a car classification used to describe supermini car or subcompact which have taller build, fitting below the compact MPV and large MPV classifications....
  • Subcompact car
    Subcompact car

    File:1973 Vega GT.jpgFile:Bluepinto.jpgA subcompact car is an automobile in a North American vehicle size class, encompassing vehicles smaller than compact cars....
  • Supermini car
    Supermini car

    A supermini is a British car classification term that describes automobiles larger than a city car but smaller than a small family car. This car class is also known as the B-segment across Europe, and as Subcompact in North America....