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[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] biddy@feddit.nl 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

First the libs dismantled the Aussie car industry

then the wank tanks arrived

[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

well they have these as well and they are more and more popular

[–] spez_@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

This is too small for me