What do the Commercial Vehicle Acronyms Stand for?

Here is a list of the most common acronyms used for commercial vehicles:

• SCC: Single Chassis Cab
• DCC (or D-Cab): Double Chassis Cab
• P/V: Panel Van
• P/U: Pick Up
• DCiV: Double Cab in Van
• SWB / MWB / LWB: Short Wheel Base (L1) / Medium Wheel Base (L2) / Long Wheel Base (L3)
• LWB-EL: Long Wheel Base, Extended Length (L4)
• ELWB-EL: Extra Long Wheel Base, Extended Length (L5: Chassis Cab only)
• SRW: Single Rear Wheels
• DRW: Double Rear Wheels
• FWD / RWD / AWD: Front Wheel Drive, Rear Wheel Drive, All Wheel Drive
• LCF: Low Cargo Floor (FWD)
• FDR: Final Drive Ratio
• TDCi: Turbo Diesel Common Rail injection
• TDE: Transmission & Driveline Engineering
• HPCR: High Pressure Common Rail
• SLD (DSLD): Side Load Door (Dual Side Load Door)
• LF / HF: Low Floor / High Floor (used for FWD / RWD)
• LR / MR / HR: Low Roof / Medium Roof / High Roof
• OSS: One Stop Shop

 

Example of acronyms in use:

“A Double Chassis Cab with a: Gross Vehicle Mass of 3500kg, a2.0 Turbo Diesel Common rail Injection 130ps engine, Long Wheelbase (or L3), Rear Wheel Drive and Dual Rear Wheels”

 

We would simplify this to:

350(GVM)L3DCC-RWD2.0 TDCi130PS DRW