# Small SUV with "cross" in the name?

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**Created:** [July 16, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-suv-with-cross-in-the-name/968053 "2022-07-16T15:42:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-suv-with-cross-in-the-name/968053/1 "2022-07-16T15:42:24Z")

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I saw two of them yesterday. A small SUV that has an open rear deck like a mini-pickup truck. The name is embossed on the tailgate but is not real high relief and is monotone so all I could make out is the end of the name, “----cross”. Searching turns up the Toyota Corolla Cross but that is a hatchback.

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-suv-with-cross-in-the-name/968053/2 "2022-07-16T15:55:15Z")

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It was probably a Santa Cruz. That’s pretty much the only thing that looks like that that’s reasonably common, I think. Cruz is kind of close to Cross.

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**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-suv-with-cross-in-the-name/968053/3 "2022-07-16T16:02:34Z")

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I mean to be technically correct (the best kind of correct!) Cruz is Spanish for cross so you’re dead on.

That said there’s also the Isuzu Vehicross, but I don’t think it had a bed.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-suv-with-cross-in-the-name/968053/4 "2022-07-16T16:17:13Z")

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> [@Palooka](#):
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> Santa Cruz

That’s gotta be it. Looking at photos of the Santa Cruz tailgates some do have the letters painted in contrasting paint.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-suv-with-cross-in-the-name/968053/5 "2022-07-16T18:41:02Z")

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For those like me who wondered what they’re talking about, the current Santa Cruz is a Hyundai product: **[Google Image Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=santa+cruz+SUV&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&oq=santa+cruz+SUV&sclient=img)**

I don’t think I’ve seen that mini pickup variant in the wild. Reminds me of the late and unlamented

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