autoevolution 11 Jan 2021, 12:53 UTC ·
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In spite of the incredible love Americans have (and had) for pickup trucks of all shapes and sizes, utes never caught on here. It’s unclear why that is so, but the reality remains that, despite a small surge in home-made utes in the 1960s and 1970s, nothing notable ever happened on this front in America. 15 photos
Historically, it was Ford who first came up with the idea of a coupe utility vehicle, or more precisely, the carmaker’s Australian branch. It happened in the 1920s as a response to Aussies’ demands for a vehicle they could use for both work and socializing, one that would be more exciting to look at than the time s pickups.