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Originally Posted by Mai Chob
An interesting bit of trivia Nicke is that the ute was invented in Australia...
There existed an independent car company called Holden and it realized the need of farmers ,that were not as affluent as their American counterparts with a car and a truck, to have a vehicle that both worked the land but could comfortably carry the bushman and his missus into town on the day off.
They intoduced the Utility (useful, practical) and sold lots.
Later General Motors bought them out , but they still badge many of their Australian cars as Holdens and the ute is as popular as ever.
The most common Holden is the Commodore and closely resembles the Opel in Europe but with a large 6 or V8 engine and fans of this car constantly berate the Ford owners and vice versa...
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youd better believe it, 5555 im a holden man myself and have the latest model svz limited edition model, " on a good day you can hear the fords rusting"
suttoh