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[–] we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

From an Australian perspective, presumably where OP is from, Ute apparently is slang for pickup...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

As an Australian, A ute isn't exactly a pickup, although we don't use the term pickup so not exactly sure, it's like a sedan with a bed/tray. My understanding is a pickup is higher off the ground than a traditional sedan.

Think of an El Camino - that's a ute

Yeah, a pickup truck is a body-on-frame vehicle with two separate body units: the forward section with the engine compartment and passenger compartment often called the cab, and a separate cargo box that in some cases might be removed and some other body installed for specialty jobs. An Aussie ute is built with its body as a single assembly, and some might even be unibody construction rather than body-on-frame.

Utes often share styling or even components with sedans, pickups don't.