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Need to 'muricanise it more... It's a sort of pickup truck.

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Here, let me translate to American ;D - Chevy El Camino or Ford Ranchero.

"Two^ nations divided by a common language" - (someone famous) ^Four, really.

The Land Cruiser platform in the article is similar in size to the more contemporary Ford Explorer Sport Trac:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Explorer_Sport_Trac

It's also probably more comparable mechanically.

Do you guys get the Toyota Hilux[1] in the USA? That's a classic "ute".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Hilux

Yeh. That segment is usually referred to as something like "compact pickup truck".

The Tacoma is the NA equivalent of the Hilux, and they are close enough in form factor to be considered equivalent for the purposes of this comparison.

We used to. I had the 4x4 version and I miss that truck. It was absolutely bulletproof and would go anywhere and get back home in one piece.

Since 1993 or so it's been replaced by the Tacoma which might be even better, but not as simple mechanically.

Honda Ridgeline and Subaru Baja are probably the comparison points that are more relatable to the HN crowd as far as UTEs go.

Small four door pickups are a more analogous use case to the vehicle in the article though.

Smaller than most pickup trucks though, more like station-wagon sized.

Traditionally yeah, although most utes are pick-up sized now. They're enormous bastards.

Here's Goose driving a traditional ute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_pc0BJ33cQ

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