Crew cab

A Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab

Crew Cabs are an extended cab bodystyle commonly found on utes or pickup trucks. This cab design typically has forward-facing rear seating and four front-hinged doors to provide sedan-like accommodations for up to 6 passengers. For carpoolers, truck sales have jumped up slightly as some American full-size cars have dropped the front bench seating feature from the lineup.^{[citation needed]}

In the United States, International Harvester introduced the first crew cab in 1957.^[1] It had 3-doors; the 4th door was added in 1961. Dodge followed with its own factory built crew cab in 1963.^[2] Ford introduced its crew cab in 1965 and General Motors in 1973.^[3] Through the 1980s, most crew cab pickup trucks were sold as heavy-duty (3/4 and 1 ton) models intended for commercial use, and custom vehicle builders such as Centurion built light-duty crew cabs for the personal-use market. Nissan offered the first US-market compact crew cab pickup in 2000;^[4] Ford, GM, Dodge, Nissan and Toyota all introduced their own compact and 1/2 ton crew cab models in the 2000s as demand grew. Crew cabs were popular and widely available in other markets many years before they caught on in the US because of their superior passenger space.^{[citation needed]}

Land Rover used what they described as crew cabs over thirty years ago for their special vehicles (e.g. a crane mounted on the rear for street lighting maintenance being one) providing up to six seats so the whole work crew or gang could be accommodated.^{[citation needed]} Land Rover introduced the (Defender) 127 Crew Cab at least in 1987.

Sport utility truck

Sport utility truck (SUT) is marketing term for a vehicle deriving from an SUV or crossover having four doors and an open bed similar to that of a pickup truck albeit at a shorter bed length. Examples include Motor Trend's 2006 Truck of the Year, the Honda Ridgeline and their 2002 SUV of the year, the Chevrolet Avalanche. Others are simple variations of preexisting models, like the Hummer H2 SUT.

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