# I got a UTE!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-ute/716403
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 31, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-ute/716403 "2015-03-31T07:34:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-ute/716403/61 "2015-04-03T00:11:01Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#):
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> 285ml.
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> So whatcha get? A Mazda crew cab like the photo you put up or a real ute like a Falcon XR6 😛
A Mazda crew cab?
I guess I’m showing my age but if you say ute to me it means a two door vehicle with an enclosed flat bed tray, the whole thing built on a standard four door passenger car chassis. So if it isn’t basically a Holden Commodore or a Ford Falcon I have never thought of them as utes. My brother drives a Hilux. To me it has always been a truck. God knows what the Mazda crew cab is.
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-ute/716403/62 "2015-04-03T03:14:10Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> A Mazda crew cab?
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> I guess I’m showing my age but if you say ute to me it means a two door vehicle with an enclosed flat bed tray, the whole thing built on a standard four door passenger car chassis. So if it isn’t basically a Holden Commodore or a Ford Falcon I have never thought of them as utes. My brother drives a Hilux. To me it has always been a truck. God knows what the Mazda crew cab is.
This
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### Author:  [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-ute/716403/63 "2015-04-03T08:07:46Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> A Mazda crew cab?
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> I guess I’m showing my age but if you say ute to me it means a two door vehicle with an enclosed flat bed tray, the whole thing built on a standard four door passenger car chassis. So if it isn’t basically a Holden Commodore or a Ford Falcon I have never thought of them as utes. My brother drives a Hilux. To me it has always been a truck. God knows what the Mazda crew cab is.
Correct.
The ute is based on a standard 2WD passenger vehicle. The farmer who invented it was inspired by his wife who wanted a vehicle to take her to church on Sundays and the pigs to the market on Monday.
[This is a ute.](http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcshane27/media/XA_ute_GS.jpg.html)
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