A vehicle surround view system comprising: - a plurality of image sensors provided at different locations of the vehicle, the image sensors generating image data of the vehicle surroundings that cover the complete surroundings of the vehicle, - an image processing unit processing the image data of the plurality of image sensors, the image processing unit being configured to generate the surround view of the vehicle based on the image data of the different image sensors, wherein the image processing unit, for generating the surround view, projects the image data inversely on a bowl surrounding the vehicle, - a display displaying the surround view generated by the image processing unit, - a manipulator changing a position and an angle of view with which the generated surround view is displayed, characterized in that the bowl has a flat bottom with a substantially rectangular shape, the bowl continuing above the bottom in horizontal slices, the top slice of the bowl being substantially ellipsoidal in shape, wherein the shape of the bowl changes from the top to the bottom of the bowl gradually from an ellipsoidal shape of the slices to a rectangular shape of the slices having curved corners, wherein the shape of the bowl changes from the top to the bottom from an ellipsoidal shape of the slices to a rectangular shape of the slices the corners of which were replaced by the ellipsoidal shape, wherein in a slice where the bowl touches the bottom of the bowl a ratio of the section having an ellipsoidal shape to the overall length of said slice is between 0,6 and 0,8, preferably between 0,65 and 0,75 and more preferably 0,7, wherein the image processing unit is configured to change the size of the bottom of the bowl. - a plurality of image sensors provided at different locations of the vehicle, the image sensors generating image data of the vehicle surroundings that cover the complete surroundings of the vehicle, - an image processing unit processing the image data of the plurality of image sensors, the image processing unit being configured to generate the surround view of the vehicle based on the image data of the different image sensors, wherein the image processing unit, for generating the surround view, projects the image data inversely on a bowl surrounding the vehicle, - a display displaying the surround view generated by the image processing unit, - a manipulator changing a position and an angle of view with which the generated surround view is displayed, characterized in that the bowl has a flat bottom with a substantially rectangular shape, the bowl continuing above the bottom in horizontal slices, the top slice of the bowl being substantially ellipsoidal in shape, wherein the shape of the bowl changes from the top to the bottom of the bowl gradually from an ellipsoidal shape of the slices to a rectangular shape of the slices having curved corners, wherein the shape of the bowl changes from the top to the bottom from an ellipsoidal shape of the slices to a rectangular shape of the slices the corners of which were replaced by the ellipsoidal shape, wherein in a slice where the bowl touches the bottom of the bowl a ratio of the section having an ellipsoidal shape to the overall length of said slice is between 0,6 and 0,8, preferably between 0,65 and 0,75 and more preferably 0,7, wherein the image processing unit is configured to change the size of the bottom of the bowl.