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"ute"
Small truck, short for utility truck.
The generally accepted definiton for a ute is a single unit body vehicle with an large open carrying capacity. Not to be confused with a tray body or a pickup, where the body and the load carrying area are seperate units. The bodies of utes are usually derived from the passenger car equivalent.
The need for a working farm vehicle which could also carry the family at weekends prompted the "Ute", designed by engineer Lewis Brandt at the Ford Motor Company works in Geelong, Victoria, in 1934. General Motors (Holden) began producing a utility in 1935. The first Holden utility was produced in 1951.
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