Sport utility vehicle - Wikipedia Review
Origins and emergence. The actual term "Sport Utility Vehicle" did not come into wide popular usage until the late 1980s — prior to then, such vehicles were marketed during their era as 4-wheel drives, station wagons, or other monikers.Although Merriam-Webster dictionary lists the first-known use as 1969, Crosley marketed a "Sport(s-) Utility" model as early as 1947, for the 1948 model year ...