Giant utes and SUVs are taking over Australia's roads - and that’s a problem - eviltoast
    • freebee@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      that looks… surprisingly acceptable in size compared to those american style bullshit vehicles appearing on the sidewalks here in europe?

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        7 months ago

        Traditional Australian utes were just passenger cars with the back chopped off. So they had the same footprint as passenger cars with the same safe front style and efficient practical design. Then the American pickup trucks arrived, stole the term “ute”, and now proper utes are extremely rare.