Last of their Breed
Well the last car/ trucks or Utes finished when local production at Ford closed.,They were still selling till the very end. No the current Ranger did not satisfy people who wanted the car/ truck Utes...
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ShinerBock wrote:RobertRyan wrote:
Absolutely Nothing American about them, if the US Pickups were like the Hilux they would be selling in vastly greater numbers
Here is a Ute that meets that definition. It is AWD as well
Whether you like to admit it or not, America was the first to make a pickup of the assembly line in the 1920's. In fact , the Model T Roadster with Pickup Body is actually where the term "pickup" comes from. Every "pickup" after that have been based on that very first American pickup just like the Hilux and global Ranger which are just smaller version of American based pickup.
An Illustrated History of the Pickup Truck
These smaller versioned American trucks sell well globally due to many reasons that I have numerously pointed out like the old Displacement Tax forcing automakers to sell smaller engine/smaller sized vehicles, smaller road infrastructure of most global countries, and higher fuel costs among other things. Our big American trucks just aren't made for those markets, but luckily for us the North American truck market is big enough to sustain itself without the need of any other market. In contrast, the smaller version of American trucks need to be sold globally because not one market is beg enough to sustain them being built.
Although, that does not mean these small versions of American trucks cannot be sold here without adapting them to our market. Take the Colorado diesel for instance which GM had to design a new frame and rework the 2.8L Duramax to meet the North American vehicle requirements.
Well as usual you do not answer the question. .,
A Holden 4x4 Crewman Ute and. VW Crafter cab chassis have absolutely nothing to do with US Pickup Trucks( they meet your definition). Toyota Hilux is a Japanese designed Pickup that has nothing to do with US Pickups. So the first Pickup was built in the 1920'sin the US,this thread is about Coupe Utillities, ffirst cars were built in the 1880's, they have virtually nothing in common with modern vehicles, neither does a 1920 Pickup. . CrewCabs are a Japanese innovation.. Pickups have nothing to do with Chassied Coupe Utlities or European Cab Chassis Vans. all of them have and are selling vastly better than any US Pickup outside NA That is by definition
