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How Your Vehicle Differs from Other Vehicles

wheelbase may make your vehicle quicker to respond to steering

inputs than a vehicle with a longer wheelbase.

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Sport-utility vehicles, vans and

trucks can differ from some other

vehicles in a few noticeable ways.

Your vehicle may be:

• Higher – to allow higher load

carrying capacity and to allow it

to travel over rough terrain

without getting hung up or

damaging underbody

• Shorter – to give it the capability

to approach inclines and drive

over the crest of a hill without

getting hung up or damaging

underbody components. All other

things held equal, a shorter

• Narrower – to provide greater

maneuverability in tight spaces,

particularly in off-road use.

As a result of the above dimensional

differences, sport-utility vehicles,

vans and trucks often will have a

higher center of gravity and a

greater difference in center of

gravity between the loaded and

unloaded condition.

These differences that make your

vehicle so versatile also make it

handle differently than an ordinary

passenger car.