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For all you Smart lovers: the new Smart pickup truck/Ute

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Ok, I'll confess to being from the US. What's the big deal (other than an extra set of tires you need to replace)?

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Originally posted by sowens
Ok, I'll confess to being from the US. What's the big deal (other than an extra set of tires you need to replace)?

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what is an ute?

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what is an ute?

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Sport Utility Vehicle or SUV.

Those wacky canadians/europeans/australians.. they say and spell everything wrong.

Registered: Sep 2001
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I like the Colour of that Ute...and no we don't spell anything wrong...it's the British way and considering they invented English, I think ours is the right way.
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Sport Utility Vehicle or SUV.

Those wacky canadians/europeans/australians.. they say and spell everything wrong.

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Originally posted by ToolkiT

Leave out the sports part.. a Ute is a Utility Vehicle, a workhorse...
You silly yanks would call it a pick up truck. Out here they make Utes out of just about any car not just trucks..

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Well, at least I got the "ute" part.

Actually, I think the mock-up looks cool. Put a removeable hard cap over the bed & I might even consider buying one (well, assuming I could get one here in the states).

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I like it!

It wouldn't succeed in the US, we are going the opposite way, with larger and larger vehicles. I recently saw a Ford F250 that was an extended extended cab - it had 3 sets of doors (total of 6 doors) plus an 8 ft bed.

Not something I would want to drive, but whatever floats your boat...

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Re: I like it!

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It wouldn't succeed in the US, we are going the opposite way, with larger and larger vehicles. I recently saw a Ford F250 that was an extended extended cab - it had 3 sets of doors (total of 6 doors) plus an 8 ft bed.

Not something I would want to drive, but whatever floats your boat...

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Re: I like it!

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Originally posted by DirtyVicar
It wouldn't succeed in the US, we are going the opposite way, with larger and larger vehicles. I recently saw a Ford F250 that was an extended extended cab - it had 3 sets of doors (total of 6 doors) plus an 8 ft bed.

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Location: Connecticut USA
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Re: I like it!

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Originally posted by DirtyVicar
a Ford F250 that was an extended extended cab

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That had to be a custom vehicle... I don't think Detroit has gone that crazy yet.

I've seen a custom limo based on a Ford Excursion that had 4 sets of rear passenger doors and a hot tub! Plus, it had a lift kit and huge off-road tires (like something that big is going off road!).

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So the first post in this thread showed a fake, but presumably this isn't: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...2.html&e=4. The picture made me think of the Smart Ute.

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: USA
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3 sets of doors? Do you have a link to a picture? That's one of the strangest-sounding vehicles...

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It was one of the strangest looking vehicles too. I saw this on my drive to work one day, so I have no photo. It was pre-Eyemodule...