Utility vehicle

thumb|right|An armored utility vehicle used in war

thumb|right|A [[Soviet Union|Soviet GAZ-69, a military light utility vehicle]]

A utility vehicle (UV) is a vehicle, generally motorized, that is designed to carry out a specific task with more efficacy than a passenger vehicle. It sometimes refers to a small truck with low sides.

Types of utility vehicles

Military light utility vehicle

Military light utility vehicle, or simply light utility vehicle (LUV), is a term used for the lightest weight class military vehicle category.

Coupé utility or tray utility vehicle

Vehicles featuring a coupé passenger compartment with an attached cargo bed. All-steel-bodied, sedan-cabined utility vehicles, more commonly called utes, were popular in Australia.

Utility truck

Utility trucks or sport utility trucks (SUT), commonly known as pickup trucks in the United States, are similar to coupé utilities. The main difference is that they are either explicitly built for purpose or based upon sport utility vehicles rather than being produced by modifying existing passenger vehicles. They combine elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.

Utility task vehicle

thumb|200px|right|Yamaha Rhino

The Side-by-side (SxS), a utility task vehicle (UTV), is a small four-wheel off-road vehicle. It has a side-by-side seating arrangement, and UTVs often have seat belts, roll-over protection and a storage box at the vehicle's rear.

In 2017, the UTV category was added to the Rally Dakar.