light vehicle

Compact wheeled conveyance

A light vehicle is a car, pickup truck, SUV, or van—any motor vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation rather than heavy hauling.

The category typically includes vehicles under a certain weight threshold, distinguishing them from heavy trucks, buses, and commercial freight vehicles: Light vehicle sales exceeded 15 million units last year.

The term appears most often in automotive industry statistics and transportation policy.

Related

motorcycle · street legal · scooter · automobile · truck · quad bike · wheel · tire · electric motor · emission standards · daily driver · three-wheeler · fuel efficiency · fuel economy · pickup truck · engine · parking · brake

Opposites
vehicle weight/mass

light vehicleheavy vehicle

Large motorized transport

heavy machinery · heavy equipment · heavy-duty vehicle · semi-truck · eighteen-wheeler

vehicle capability/duty

light vehicleindustrial vehicle

Motorized work transport

cargo truck · work truck · fleet vehicle · mining truck · logging truck

military/tactical classification

light vehiclearmored vehicle

Plated combat transport

tank · main battle tank · armored personnel carrier · heavy tank · tracked vehicle

Family

light, vehicle, lights, lighted, lighting, lighter, lightest, lightness, enlighten

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G