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more about #utes more comments → petersterncan: You know what? I'm glad police in North America aren't getting these. I want to see the police have cars that aren't too fast... maybe eventually th... more » BaldwinPeriphetes: A night at the cricket is not complete without some drunk bogans getting hauled off by the cops in one of these, with everyone else chanting YOU'RE GO... more » specialist: why are you afraid to say it - "station wagon" -? more » MelissaMemnon: But not, apparently, air conditioning or windows for the prisoner-holding part of the pod. (The larger middle door in the back opens up to a white pla... more » wyatt_1st: ok who will be the first to say they would die for one . more » MushyHeirloom: I think you mean "kick sand". more » brc is never late, because of his v8: These things are primarily designed as crowd control devices. As in, find a hopped-up meth head and stick them in the back where they can't really hu... more » Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans: It's funny to watch you all salivate over the humble Holden Commodore. In Australia those things are like assholes, EVERYONE'S got one! more » Maxichamp: Almost as cool as Citroen CX ambulances. [karakullake.blogspot.com] more » .357: I would rock a blacked out one of these to get my groceries. Imagine what the guy in his Geo Metro would think. more » Deartháir II: Take ya bladdy hand off theah, ya bladdy pooftah; I don't ceah if there's a bladdy camera, I'll stuff you in the bladdy back. Of the cah, you bladdy ... more » Pessimippopotamus: They even get two light bars! more » Deartháir II: Ben, have you, perchance, become as badly addicted as I have to the Australian V8 Supercars championship? I know I managed to get engineerd horribly h... more » Thrashy, perpetual Minardi: What is this? Is this the Security Pod where they slot you in after the arrest? Remind me to never get arrested in Australia. They're hardcore. more » Novaload: Damn. The worst thing he did was scrape off the side mirror. Hell, my better half does that just backing out of the damn driveway. "Honey, you see tha... more » -
#elcamino
Victoria Police Divisional Van Kicks Dirt In Our Camino-Less Faces
The Victoria Police in Australia are getting Holden VE Omega Utes with a new feature, a custom-designed bed-pod bridging the gap between cars and vans. We can't even get one El Camino and they're putting toppers on theirs. Not fair. More » -
#hoonoftheday
Blown Holden Ute Does Double Roll During Burnout, Crowd Goes Wild!
When you've got a supercharged, tubbed and roll-caged Holden Ute, burnouts, donuts and general hoonulence are inevitable, but this... this is hooning art. It seems you have to go to Australia for the real high-proof stuff, as this starts out simple and safely enough with a gross display of horsepower at a sanctioned local race track, but then the driver decides on a donut, and things go horribly, awesomely wrong as the car flips on it's side — twice — and then drives away to the roar of the crowd. Truly, we have much to learn from from this advanced civilization. -
#elcamino
PUTC Sets Up Aussie Sh-Ute-Out Between Holden VE And Ford Falcon FG, We Demand Dibs On Round Two!
Color us here at Jalopnik red with jealousy. Our friends at PickupTrucks.com sent their Aussie stringer James Stanford out back to let him get in touch with his inner hoon. What better way to do it than by running a brand spankin' new 2008 Holden VE Ute head-to-head with a 2008 Ford Falcon FG Ute? Stanford found out all the really important technical details on the two new car-based pickups — like both can hold a slab of 24 stubbies (beer bottles) behind each seat. Yes, the important technical details were covered, but how do each Ute do at going frontways? Sideways? Backways? You'll have to head over to PUTC for the specifics, but according to Stanford, the Ford out-drags the Holden, but the Holden took down the Falcon by a few tenths of a second in the almost-quarter-mile. We think we'd probably call that a tie. Sounds to us like they should send team Jalopnik over for the round two, eh? More »
