SUV

For the Rhino SUV, see here.

An SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) is a large station wagon with a high vehicle height. SUVs have appeared in the Need for Speed series with different body styles. They are not drivable in any game.

Differences

• SUVs made their first appearance in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2. They resemble the 1995–2001 Ford Explorer.
• Need for Speed: Underground and Need for Speed: Underground 2 share the same SUV model which has a similar appearance to the 2002–2005 Ford Explorer. It also has eight different liveries in game files, but only one of them is used in both games.

• SUVs in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Carbon and the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii releases of Need for Speed: Undercover appear to be based on the 1997–2003 Mitsubishi Montero Sport and 2002–2005 Ford Explorer. In Need for Speed: Most Wanted, they are seen in yellow and are set to appear only in drag events. In Need for Speed: Carbon, they are depicted with advertisements for Progressive Insurance on their sides and are only seen in gray.
• The SUVs in Need for Speed: Undercover are depicted to be based on the 2003–2009 Dodge Durango. They are only seen in silver.

Trivia

• The player can purchase licensed SUVs in Need for Speed: Underground 2 and race them.
• In Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, the back of the SUV has a "Hadashi" badge.

• The SUV can be found in the game files of Need for Speed: World, but it is not utilised as a traffic vehicle.

Gallery

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
(PlayStation 2)

Need for Speed: Underground

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Undercover
(Wii)

Need for Speed: Undercover

Need for Speed: Undercover
(Progressive variant)

Need for Speed: World