Truck, SUV, Or Station Wagon

E.B. Cornburner · 12-15-2007, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by davesexplorer

Registered as a station wagon, with the option of registering it as a truck. I still call my expy a truck?

Here in WI, you can license an SUV, fullsize van, or minivan with either car or light truck license plates. All are titled as trucks. The only stipulation on vans is with cargo vans, they need to carry a truck plate. Passenger vans can go either way.
My Explorer has car plates on it just because I've kept transferring them from one vehicle to the next, and they originally were on a car. If I would have had to purchase new plates when I bought the Explorer, I'd have gotten light truck plates just because they're a couple bucks cheaper. $48.50 compared to $55.00.
This is going to change on 1/1/08 when both go up and will be equal at $75 either way.

Edit: I see lots of IL titles too, and there, SUVs are denoted as "carryall".

Redtrac01 · 12-15-2007, 01:02 PM

It's a truck based SUV, so you can call it either one. There are also car based SUVs. It's not a station wagon, like the crossover vehicles. I have one of those, too, the Ford Freestyle(now called a Taurus X). Of course my Sport Trac is a truck and it's got the truck bed to prove it.

*Silver X* · 12-30-2007, 08:27 PM

I always call mine a truck, even though its registration says station wagon.

cybergasm · 12-30-2007, 09:24 PM

In California there registered as Passenger Vehicles

mcsteven · 07-26-2011, 12:50 PM

Damn - I'm reviving a 4 year old thread...! Well, I call my X a truck, but my insurance calls it a station wagon. Yee haw! I pay less for insurance, with a LOWER deductible, than I did for my Taurus.

OK, remember the line from Crocodile Dundee, "That's not a knife. This is a knife."? Well, That's not a truck, these are trucks (that I used to drive - about 14 years ago!)

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Originally Posted by BrooklynBay

I think this will define what a truck is: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...6&postcount=11

Oh, and I voted station wagon. Only the second one. Luckily Wisconsin is quite a distance away.

V-tally · 11-14-2011, 09:06 AM

It's an SUV, but colloquialy call it the Explorer or an Explorer, you will never go wrong. I will tell you this though, I prefer an AMC eagle (4wd stationwagon, for those that don't know) all day over a truck or SUV. I miss my sx/4.

jg09 · 03-27-2012, 02:32 PM

Ranger based Explorers=truck
New Taurus based Explorers=car

*FIND* · 03-29-2012, 12:26 PM

Rangers and F150s aren't trucks either. They are light trucks or pickups.

This is a truck.

jg09 · 03-29-2012, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by FIND

Rangers and F150s aren't trucks either. They are light trucks or pickups.

This is true. If "light multipurpose open cargo transportation vehicle" wasn't so hard to say, i'd call vehicles by their proper name all the time!

In all honesty, the Explorer is an SUV, but that's lengthy, too. Truck is just so much easier to say.

**Rick** · 03-29-2012, 12:49 PM

I call mine a truck. I believe they are truly Sport Utility Vehicles by definition. They were well adapted to both Sport and Utility.

As for the 5th gens, I don't believe they are either. I call the 5th gen a CUV.

View Poll Results: Truck, SUV or Station wagon
Truck	21	15.44%
SUV	11	8.09%
Station Wagon	3	2.21%
It's nothing but "the Explorer"	7	5.15%
Who cares?	94	69.12%
Voters: 136. You may not vote on this poll

12-15-2007, 01:02 PM	#22
Redtrac01 Wannabe Elite Explorer Sammamish,WA 01 Sport Trac Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 66 Vehicle Specs	It's a truck based SUV, so you can call it either one. There are also car based SUVs. It's not a station wagon, like the crossover vehicles. I have one of those, too, the Ford Freestyle(now called a Taurus X). Of course my Sport Trac is a truck and it's got the truck bed to prove it. __________________ 2001 Sport Trac 4x4, AEM Brute force intake, syn fluids, Gibson cat-back exhaust

12-30-2007, 08:27 PM	#23
Silver X Elite Explorer Brownstown Twp, MI '01 Sport 4x4 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,042 Vehicle Specs	I always call mine a truck, even though its registration says station wagon. __________________ Mike '01 Sport 4x4: lotsa mods...replaced by F150 '10 F150 FX4: DD '09 G8 GT: stock '83 Mustang GLX: T-tops, EFI 5.0L/TKO600,Turbo @15psi,Cobra brakes,etc

03-27-2012, 02:32 PM	#27
jg09 Wannabe Elite Explorer Everson, WA '93 Eddie Bauer Explorer Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 352 Vehicle Specs	Ranger based Explorers=truck New Taurus based Explorers=car __________________ 1993 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4x4 (daily driver) 1962 Chevy C20 flatbed pickup (project rig)

03-29-2012, 12:49 PM	#30
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,253 Vehicle Specs	I call mine a truck. I believe they are truly Sport Utility Vehicles by definition. They were well adapted to both Sport and Utility. As for the 5th gens, I don't believe they are either. I call the 5th gen a CUV. __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

12-30-2007, 09:24 PM	#24
cybergasm B Humboldt Ks 1997 Mountaineer 5.0 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,603 Vehicle Specs	In California there registered as Passenger Vehicles

11-14-2011, 09:06 AM	#26
V-tally Wannabe Elite Explorer staten island 1994 Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 4 Vehicle Specs	It's an SUV, but colloquialy call it the Explorer or an Explorer, you will never go wrong. I will tell you this though, I prefer an AMC eagle (4wd stationwagon, for those that don't know) all day over a truck or SUV. I miss my sx/4.