Latest UTV trends and technologies

There’s been an evolution happening with UTVs the past decade.

About 10 years ago, most UTVs were rugged work machines that featured very basic cab designs with no added bells or whistles. Today, the UTV is starting to look and function like an everyday car or pickup truck. More manufacturers are adding technology to the cabs: touchscreens, navigation tools and rearview cameras. There’s also demand for heating and cooling, as well as heated and air-cooled seats.

While most UTVs won’t incorporate all these luxuries in a single vehicle, most manufacturers predict this will become standard in the next couple of years.

“People are going to want the same creature comforts they have in their cars (in their UTVs),” says Kurt Reece, assistant brand manager for utility vehicles at Mahindra. “It’s pretty amazing how the technology is going in this space and how quickly it’s moving. Any technology you see in your day-to-day car, you’ll start to see in these vehicles, too.”

Read the full story in the November issue here.