Country dependant, Oz & US - truck; UK- vehicle, EU - ??
I feel weird saying ‘vehicle’ as it’s so non-descript.
Are these not just insurance classification terms? I personally don’t feel as though the difference in seating arrangement is enough to classify the two as different types of vehicle.Depending on type in Europe it is a passenger car (M1) or a utility vehicle (class N1), the latter could be referred to as some kind of truck, so the wording remains sort of taste
Effectively your are probably right, the challenges for the designer lie in the different set of rules for Homologation to be applied, also there are variations in taxation (road tax) and road regulations which are varying in the different EU27 countries.
Yep, that's my view, certainly not a car. And a truck covers just the commercial versions. So sticking with generic term vehicle.
When in invited shooting in the uk, your host may enquire if you’ll be bringing “a vehicle” which means will you be bringing a car you don’t mind getting filled with beaters, dogs, guns or a combination plus elevensies. Usually means a defender, disco, or crew cap pick up…. It does not mean X5, Q7 or other handbag carriers or school run chariots..
In Australia it’s class is “Medium Goods Carrying Vehicle” in other words, a truck
Now we are getting complex. The whole ute thing has been muddied since the real utes went away. In the past the utes were really a thing of their own, a car platform but 2 seat with a pickup tray. Then the 4wds started being referred to occasionally as utes, or trucks and then the majority became dual cab commercial based vehicles again interchangeably utes, trucks, or 4wds etc. noe they no longer make the car platform ones, so the term ute is now pretty much generically used for anything that might be called a pickup in the US.
Hehe. I’m struggling with what to call it tbh, both ‘car’ & ‘truck’ seem wrong to me but I feel that saying “I drive a vehicle” seems odd & standoffish & will inevitably be followed by the question “what sort of vehicle”. The Grenadier or The Grenny is how we’re referring to it in our household but that would probably come across kinda weird to strangers. First world problems aye!? HahahaIt might be called a 'truck' in the colonies, but here (in the UK) gentlemen don't drive 'trucks'.
The Greny' carries 'passengers' and it has a 'boot' .... https://www.theineosforum.com/threads/boot-mat.12412061/
So there really is no argument, it's a car. A car wot car-ease people and their stuff about ... simples.
