passenger vehicles

Automobiles for commuters

Passenger vehicles are motor vehicles designed to transport people rather than cargo—cars, minivans, SUVs, and buses as distinguished from trucks, freight haulers, and commercial transport.

The term appears most often in regulatory, insurance, and traffic contexts: Passenger vehicles must use the left lane, passenger vehicle emissions standards.

The category sometimes excludes motorcycles despite their carrying passengers.

Related

tram · coach · self-driving car · rental car · company car · trolley · cable car · sedan · hybrid car · minivan · taxi · crossover · sports car · SUV · coupe · camper van · rickshaw · station wagon

Opposites
cargo type

passenger vehiclescargo vehicles

Vehicles designed for freight

semi-trucks · tractor-trailers · box trucks · freight carriers · eighteen-wheelers

vehicle function/purpose

passenger vehiclesconstruction vehicles

Machinery for building sites

military vehicles · emergency vehicles · bulldozers · excavators · armored vehicles

mobility vs. stationarity

passenger vehiclesbuildings

Constructed enclosed structures

train stations · bus depots · airports

Family

passenger, passengers, vehicle, vehicles, passage, passages, passing, passed, passer

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