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Here in AUS a "ute" is a car and a well "utility" we don't call something that small a "truck" 

 

Here we call everything with a bed/box a truck.   :rofl:

 

Though regionally the smaller trucks are often referred to as "pickups", and the big heavy rigs are "trucks". 

 

And to further obfuscate things, the DOT has classifications of "light truck" (what you'd call a ute) and "heavy truck" to separate them. 

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The only comparable designation for domestically available USA vehicles as "UTE" would be the Chevrolet ElCamino or Pontiac Cabalero,  The "truck" like bed is integral with the cab.  A separate cab and bed would be a pickup.  Early Ford vehicles may confuse this definition!  Like Maverics.

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

 

The worlds' first "Closed Cab" Pickup truck was developed by Henry Ford in 1928, and whilst the Ford Model A (1927–1931) Roadster Pickup was produced in the United States from 6 years earlier, Ford is claimed to be the first company to produce an Australian "ute".[4] This was the result of a 1932 letter from the unnamed wife of a farmer in Victoria, Australia asking for “a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays”.[4] In response, Ford designer Lew Bandt developed the ute and the model called a "coupe utility" at the time was released in 1934.[4] When the Australian version was displayed in the US Henry Ford Nicknamed it the "Kangaroo Chaser". A convertible version, known as the roadster utility was produced in limited numbers by Ford in the 1930s.[5][6]
 
In 1951, Holden released a "utility" model, which was based on the 48-215 sedan. With both Ford and Holden now producing utes, this started the long-standing tradition of Australian-designed 2 door vehicles with a tray at the back, based on a passenger-car sedan chassis.[7]

 

 

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The only comparable designation for domestically available USA vehicles as "UTE" would be the Chevrolet ElCamino or Pontiac Cabalero,  The "truck" like bed is integral with the cab.  A separate cab and bed would be a pickup.  Early Ford vehicles may confuse this definition!  Like Maverics.

Don't forget the Dodge Rampage! I was working as a lot boy at a dealership when those things hit the show room.

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The only comparable designation for domestically available USA vehicles as "UTE" would be the Chevrolet ElCamino or Pontiac Cabalero,  The "truck" like bed is integral with the cab.

well, there is one more wild card to throw into the mix but it is actually built on a track platform instead of a car. It did have the integral bed & cab though.

 

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I feel like since Ute is short for Utility, can't we use it for any truck? :rofl:  

 

Not really!  The convention has arisen that "UTE" refers to an integrated cab and open cargo body [think Chevy ElCamino / Pontiac Cabalero] while "Pickup" refers to a separate cab and an independent open cargo body separately attached to the frame/chassis and so free to wiggle.  Like the 521.

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