Car classifications

A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.

A limousine ( or ), or limo () for short, is a large, chauffeur-driven luxury vehicle with a partition between the driver compartment and the passenger compartment which can be operated mechanically by hand or by a button electronically. A luxury sedan with a very long wheelbase and driven by a professional driver is called a stretch limousine.

light-duty truck with an enclosed cab and an open cargo area

passenger car in a three-box configuration

A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to the main interior of the car as a cargo area rather than just to a separated trunk. Hatchbacks may feature fold-down second-row seating, where the interior can be reconfigured to prioritize passenger or cargo volume.

performance-oriented car class, generally small or light-weight with good handling

wheeled classification

high-performance luxury car

type of high-performance car

thumb|Examples of what some may consider supercars (from right to left): Ferrari California, [[Ferrari 458 Italia, Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari Enzo, Pagani Huayra, Lamborghini Aventador and Mercedes SLS AMG]]

cars that are larger than a subcompact car but smaller than a mid-size car

marketing term for a vehicle that provides luxury

open two-seat car

North American Australian / European standard for an automobile size

Microcar is a term often used for the smallest size of cars, with three or four wheels and typically with an engine smaller than . Specific types of microcars include bubble cars, cycle cars, invacar, quadricycles and voiturettes. Microcars are often covered by separate regulations from normal cars, having relaxed requirements for registration and licensing.

Japanese classification for small, four-wheeled automobiles

automobile marketing term used in North America

type of car

American car classification

automotive body style

American definition to indicate an automobile with a class size smaller than that of a compact car

high-performance version of a mass-produced hatchback car

aspect of motor vehicle design

thumb|1973 Toyota Celica, one of the world's first "liftbacks", in this case a [[fastback-styled hatchback]]

A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive motorized car manufactured in Europe and the United States between 1910 and the early 1920s. The purpose of cyclecars was to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle and the car. It could accommodate only two passengers, often sitting in tandem.

thumb|right|200px|Large ballast tractor pulling a heavy load (a [[transformer) on a hydraulic modular trailer using a drawbar]] thumb|right|A British Airways Concorde being towed in New York City

American car classification

series of ratings assigned to different segments of automotive vehicles

type of sedan automobile with sporty orientation

compact multi-purpose vehicle

car classification

Doodlebug tractor

subcompact minivan