they do 8.5liters around city

and 5.3litres on hiway not too bad

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I test drove one of those Bajas the other day. I liked it, but I like my Legacy 2.5GT better.
As for the name, perhaps we can try to get the term "Ute" into the vocabulary of the great unwashed! By the way, that is pronounced "yoot" isn't it? I'd sure hate to get people using the term incorrectly.

Hear's the bad new: the term "ute" is being used in America, but as a shortened form of "Sport Utility Vehicle", often said "sport/ute". SUVs are all wagon-type vehicles.

Wouldn't it be great if Proton comes out with the Jumbuck Sport based on the Proton Lotus Elise? The Elise is RWD (right-wheel-drive) and very light (lighter than a Datsun 1000 I think).

Yeah, it's pronounced yoot.
SHort for utility.
Don't you guys call them pick ups over there?
Or sometimes trucks?

the best proton we have here is the satria gti with lotus tuned suspension?? which by all accounts is not a bad little car although it is fwd but has a nippy (around 100kws) dohc 2 litre which would go well on the yoot!

cheers

stevo

Quote:Sure, they were often called a pickup or a truck, but this was also debated. These were based on car platforms, just like the 1200 ute. The early Falcon ute was called the Ranchero here. The GM El Camino was the the counterpart to GM Monaro ute, I reckon. I think the last one sold here was 1986.

A pickup here is a truck usually a 1/2-ton or 3/4-ton, like the Toyota Hilux or Ford F100. The 3/4-tons usually have eight-bolt wheels. A 'truck' here has a separate cab and cargo bed (like the Datsun 720). What we call a 'utility truck' is one without a cargo bed but instead has custom metal cabinets installed in the back, usually with a smaller cargo space.

Pickups (trucks, not utes) are so popular here they account for about half of all passenger vehicle sales. These are used for daily commuting, trips to the grocery store, etc. as well as serious commercial work like hauling supplies for house builders and the like.

over here in the land of oz all u see ute wise done up is hilux(toyota) and navara's(nissan) the same ones they made the old pathfinder out of is the hilux and navara called those in the states and if i see a 1200 ute they are not lowered a lot and or are drag cars or are owened by old men that i wish would sell it to me for a song

Just enough room in the back to drive my pet Kangaroo around the Billabong with my swag while watching out for the "Drop Bears"

amshaw

don't forget to watchout for the kangawallafox as well critter
DAVE

Front wheel drive thats not right c,mon that means the only way to have fun in one is to drive it backwards
But again about the looks...
my eyes shed a tear when I see a 1200 ute but my brown eye weeps when I see this prothong pls no more pics of these disgusting mitsubishi engined braindead cars they just take up room on this great website.