These days on top of the estate and saloon cars, we have SUV's, MPV's and strangest of all 'people carriers'. I ask the question because, for example, an SUV stands for 'sports utility vehicle', usually refferring to a 4X4. Now does that mean the activity the car is used for is the sport, as in off roading, or that the car is used to carry equipment for a sport, such as a surfboard? As according to most people on here 4X4's should only be used by farmers, where does the sport come in? Then MPV's, or 'multi purpose vehicles'. These I think are the Espace or Galaxy type car. Apart from being acar what other purpose are they used for? I suppose with the seats out they become a van, not really multi purpose though. Then daftest of all, a 'people carrier', again used for the larger cars. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the purpose of ANY car to carry people? All cars are people carriers. There, I feel better now, these are my opinions and are therefore correct.
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Concerning the people carrier , i have such a car ! It's a Toyota Townace and is an 8 seater car perfect for family outings with the kids and the dogs. People carriers are usually cars that have more than 7 seats .
Most of those names are results of government legislation in different countries. For instance, a car carrying more than seven passenger including the driver can not use some of the passages on the motorway networks all around the world. Example: Phosphorous Bridge connecting Asia and Europe in Istanbul.
Finding a universal method to categorise the vehicles is necessary but who will do it? Is it possible?
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