discomatt
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Maybe thats more of a 200 owner thing...
When we go camping with my mate with a 200 the wood always goes in the back of the Disco or on the roof rack as does the rubbish.
Ute vs SUV
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When we go camping with my mate with a 200 the wood always goes in the back of the Disco or on the roof rack as does the rubbish.
The best advert for not having a ute, ever.
You do realise that a Ute is just a type of SUV - The U in SUV stands for Utility
cam04
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I can see how some might make that link. The lines are all blurred these days but am still just a daggy old tradie
Loz666
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I can second this, at least the Prado part. It's actually quite small. I pulled the rear 2 seats out for drawers, so there's the cooking stuff & a small tool kit taken care of. Add a fridge, box of wood, chairs, table and you soon have to use the rear seats for soft/camping and recovery gear (hope for no mud).
If you go a roof bag that changes a lot but then you're into the hassle zone.
Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love the Prado but not for everyone, and not for every trip especially with kids which I imagine take up a bunch of space again.
The term comes from the US where it covers all smaller "rec" focused vehicles - pickups, utes, 4wds, non car based wagons, even in 2wd - larger motor homes not included as they are RVs.
Rusty Panels
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Many moons ago when I had my old SWB Cruiser I used to cut down a tree or find a dropped one and drag it back to camp with a chain. Probably a tad lazy I guess but saved a lot of work and mess in the back.
cam04
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I understand where it comes from.
SUV - Wikipedia
But Australia is the only country which refers to an open backed vehicle as a Ute.
The rest of the world uses utility in the term SUV with a different meaning - ie, being beneficial and having several uses, and I disagree that our Utes are SUV's under the American definition. They have never had a 'ute'. They have pickups, and their SUV's are enclosed wagons per the link? Well that's my take on it anyway.
Absolute myth - the US has had utes (a variation of a sedan) since before we "invented" the ute. They called them coupe utiliy or roadster utility and we just abbreviated it to ute but was invented in the US not Aust - Look at 20s Model Ts - later El Camino and Rancheros - not pickups but coupe utilities.
The concept of a two-door vehicle based on a passenger car chassis with a tray at the rear began in the United States in the 1920s with the roadster utility. The Aussie Ute made by Ford did not come until later in 1932 sometime after the US utes.
smitty_r51
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Is it still a ute if it is not 3 inches off your back bumper with a kelpie trying to hang on the tray stood on the toolboxes that are thrown in loose?I dunno, this is in the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart.
1897, looks like some sort of ute to me...
My maternal grandparents were born in 1906 and 1910. They always used the term "tilly". Not as a pet name but as a vehicle type.
cam04
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Yes we called the cruiser utes tillies where I grew up also.
Rusty Panels
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Mitt plenty of room for zah German Shepherds inza back und maybe a fräulein or two!I dunno, this is in the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart.
1897, looks like some sort of ute to me...
barnsey062
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this video was interesting from Ronny Dahl good info from this point in the video if you don't want to watch the whole video
interesting comparison of most popular 4x4 suv & utes from this point in video here.
full video here
interesting comparison of most popular 4x4 suv & utes from this point in video here.
full video here