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t2contra said:

I believe it includes utes and mpvs.

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of course... they were refering to vechiles not just cars.

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bladerunner said:

of course... they were refering to vechiles not just cars.

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In automotive industry 'cars' include seven seats MPVs and SUVs (and of course modern crossovers, even though MPVs and SUVs are kinds of crossovers themselves).

So, it is correct to call any seven seats MPVs and SUVs 'cars'. It's been used across the industry and by most medias and governments (besides North American).

How do I know this? I've been working in the industry for all my life. Like it or not, this is what we call a car. However, anything above 7 seaters can not be called cars (eg. 8 or 9 seaters).

That's one of the reasons SUVs like Land Cruisers only have 2 seat belts at the 3rd row of seats instead of 3 seat belts as its original design outside Japan. It is due to the fact that most governments do not consider 8 seaters (3+3+2) are passenger cars. If Land Cruisers are considered as commercial vehicles (with 3 seats belts at the 3rd row), then it would require people to have different kind of driving license, or paying different amount of taxes, which would result less market share.

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Personnel from the Fire Services Department (lower deck) checks damages as police inspectors (upper deck) collect evidence of a company boat, which sank after colliding with a ferry on October 1, at Hong Kong's Lamma Island October 3, 2012. Hong Kong police arrested six crew on Tuesday after a ferry and a company boat carrying more than 120 staff and family celebrating the mid-autumn festival collided, killing 37 people as the boat sank. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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Relatives of victims throw paper scraps which symbolize money as they mourn for the dead at the site where two vessels collided off the Lamma Island on the southwest of the Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), south China, Oct. 2, 2012. Thirty-eight people including five children were killed by the accident, the HKSAR government said Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

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Relatives of victims mourn for the dead at a port in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), south China, Oct. 2, 2012

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Four China marine surveillance ships patrolled the waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Oct 2 in response to the Japanese righter-wingers' intrusion, the Foreign Ministry confirmed. [Photo/Agencies]

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People walk along the Bund on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai October 2, 2012. China is celebrating the "Golden Week" holiday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. REUTERS/Aly Song

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Customers select gold jewelry at a shop in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 3, 2012. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day holiday, which lasts from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7, also known as the "golden week", customers in many places in China go to buy gold jewelry. (Xinhua/Wang Jiankang)

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Consumers shop in a duty-free store in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 3, 2012. Duty-free stores in Hainan have seen a business boom as the number of tourists to the island province grows during China's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)

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People visit a real estate exhibition in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 3, 2012. The exhibition displayed new properties of almost 28,000 square kilometers, attracting numbers of citizens. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)

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Models are seen at an auto fair in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 1, 2012. People around China enjoy themselves in various ways during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day holiday, which lasts from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7. (Xinhua)

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A parent carrying his child walks at the Beijing Happy Valley in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 2, 2012. People around China enjoy themselves in various ways during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day holiday, which lasts from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7. (Xinhua/Liang Zhiqiang)

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Models present traditional Chinese wedding costume at a costume show in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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Police in Hong Kong arrested seven crew members from two boats in a collision that killed 38 holiday revelers, but offered no theory about how the vessels ran into each other on a clear night on one of the safest and most regulated waterways in Asia.

The Monday night accident was Hong Kong's deadliest in more than 15 years, and the worst maritime accident in more than 40. Some relatives of the dead went to the scene off Hong Kong island's southwest coast to toss spirit money in honor of the victims yesterday, while other people waited at the morgue for tragic news about loved ones.

Police Commissioner Tsang Wai-hung said six people had been detained on suspicion of endangering passengers by operating a boat unsafely. "We expect further persons to be arrested," Tsang said. Police announced a seventh arrest after his comments.

Tsang said police suspect both crews had not "exercised the care required of them by law," but he did not elaborate.

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May the victims RIP.

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Many of the photos I've been posting in this thread are much larger than they appear because of the size restrictions of this forum. Simply right click and select view image for larger viewing.

Staff members of utility company Hong Kong Electric pay tribute to victims who were killed in a ferry collision in Hong Kong Thursday Oct. 4, 2012. All 38 people killed had been on the Lamma IV, owned by the company, which was taking about 120 of its workers and their families to watch fireworks in celebration of China's National Day and mid-autumn festival. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Relatives of boat collision victims throw flowers into the sea Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 as they pay tribute to the ill-fated people aboard a boat that sank Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Relatives of victims who died in Monday's ferry collision throw paper money to pay tribute to those lost, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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By Matthew Stockman | Getty Images Sport

BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 04: Marion Bartoli of France poses for pictures and signs autographs at the Foci Pharmaceutical booth during the China Open at the China National Tennis Center on October 4, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 04: Marion Bartoli of France poses for pictures and signs autographs at the Foci Pharmaceutical booth during the China Open at the China National Tennis Center on October 4, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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Floor traders pay tribute to those who died in a ferry collision at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong October 4, 2012. Hong Kong has begun three-days of mourning for those who perished in the collision between two ferries on Monday night. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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A girl touches a lantern at an outdoor restaurant during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. Like ancient Chinese poets, Hong Kong people appreciate the beauty of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Pedestrians walk through the shopping district of Mong Kok in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Hong Kong's economy shrank 0.1 percent in the second quarter from the previous three months as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe capped export demand. Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Customers queue to enter a Prada SpA store in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

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A man covers his son's ears as they watch a fireworks display as part of China's Mid-Autumn festival in Shanghai October 3, 2012. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Antonio Yang from Taiwan takes out fresh gelato from a machine at the Carpigiani Gelato University, in the northern town of Anzola dell'Emilia, near Bologna September 27, 2012. The University is bustling with foreign students who come to the laboratories to learn the ins and outs of gelato making before going back home to set up their own businesses - possibly with a Carpigiani machine. Besides funding scholarships for the programme, the company also covers half the price of buying a new Carpigiani machine and will buy it back inside a year if the business folds. Picture taken on September 27, 2012. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

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Rescuers search at the landslide site in the village of Zhenhe, located in Yiliang County of Zhaotong City in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 4, 2012. Nineteen people, including 18 students, were buried in a landslide here on Thursday. Nine primary school students have been confirmed dead and one person seriously injured. (Xinhua/Li Shanming)

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Four foreign volunteers patrol the streets near Qianmen in Beijing with a policeman to provide foreign tourists with consultation services on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. [Photo: CFP]

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bd popeye said:

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wow....

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That's what I was thinking when I saw that photo.. wow..There's another pic..No news article accompanies these photos of the volunteers.

Four foreign volunteers patrol the streets near Qianmen in Beijing with a policeman to provide foreign tourists with consultation services on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. [Photo: CFP]

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jackliu said:

wow....

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I know...that was nice of them to volunteer like that.

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Equation said:

I know...that was nice of them to volunteer like that.

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It's cool.