noun
commercial vehicle; business vehicle
Refers to vehicles used for business operations, such as taxis, buses, trucks, delivery vans, or company cars. The term is neutral and widely understood.
この営業車は一日に何百キロも走ります。
This commercial vehicle runs hundreds of kilometers a day.
会社は新しい営業車をリースで導入した。
The company introduced a new business vehicle on a lease.
商用車 is a more formal term for commercial vehicles, often used in legal or industry contexts, whereas 営業車 is more common in everyday business language.
Compound of 営業 (business, sales) and 車 (vehicle). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a standard pattern of combining a business-related noun with 車 to denote a type of vehicle.