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Wait, do folks in the UK refer to what we Americans call "pickup trucks" as SUVs?

You just don't see many pickups at all in the UK or Europe, only really as obviously imported ones (Usually the really annoyingly big ones). Their roles are filled by various vans, small trucks or trailers. Probably an unsecured storage area would seem insane to most people from the UK unless you actually needed it for a trade

Exactly, every single builder or similar has a van. It can be locked and it doesn't rain inside.

Despite the common nonsense about blue collar workers using trucks for work in the US, trades predominantly use commercial vans here as well. If you call a plumber or electrician, they're probably coming in a Ford Transit. Because they hold more and people can't easily steal your stuff.

The trucks I've seen on the road, across many states, predominantly have empty beds and one occupant, which is a disgraceful waste of fuel. Even if some percentage were carrying things for work, it's hardly the norm.

Uh, no handymen, plumbers, hvac people, electricians, all use trucks quite frequently in my neck if the woods.

Of course, vans are popular too, but lots if tradespeople use trucks as well.

.. or Chelsea tractors (Chelsea being a rich suburb of London)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/07/stereoty...

Well, I would rebut and ask why you call a 4x4 with a little open-roof boot a "truck".

I think most would refer to this as a "pickup", but I can easily see how this new Hilux is more of an SUV than any kind of real 4x4 offroad truck.

Pickup trucks are pretty much a rounding error over in Europe. Considering that the Hilux is marketed as the bastard child of an offroad vehicle and passenger car, calling it an SUV isn't too much of a stretch.

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