This Flying V8 Will Make You Wish We Had Australian Cars In America
“Ute” is Australian for “car with a bed like a pickup truck,” but “6.0 V8 and a full rally suspension setup” is awesome in any language.
Ford Built These Wild Focus ST And Fiesta ST Utes Just For Photographers
Ford Europe’s ‘Camera Tracking Unit’ consist of a black Ford Focus ST wagon ute and a black Ford Fiesta ST ute. Here are both.
Check Out Australia's Badass Car Scene
It's like if you crossed the American car scene with Japan's: big V8 muscle cars right beside stout JDM tuner rides.
Watch Chris Harris' Tire-Smoking Ode To The Last Legendary Aussie V8
Watch our tamed racing driver Chris Harris flog the insanely powerful "El Camino-esque" Holden HSV Maloo GTS ute around an Australian race track and see why he reckons; there's no greater honor than introducing a very fast car that can tow [3,500 pounds].
The Triple Eight Sandman Is An Ass-Hauling Australian 'Panel Van'
As a "tribute" to the iconic two-door station wagons of Holden Australia's yesteryear, Red Bull and Triple Eight Engineering have cooked up this insane shooting brake with 705 BHP, full racing suspension, and... surfboard racks.
This Is Why You Don't Do A Stoplight Burnout When No Cops Are Around
...because there may well be some cops around, you just can't see 'em.
Kangaroos Boxing In Front Of A Ute Is The Most Australian Thing Ever
Here's two kangaroos kicking the crap out of each other in front of a Ute. All you'd really need for a cherry on top would be a couple of bogans, and then you could call it a day.
Holden Is Making The Fastest 'El Camino' Ever Before It Gets Shut Down
GM's Australian automaker Holden, famous for beastly "El Camino"-style cars with pickup beds and massive engines, is shutting its doors in 2017. But before the company goes out of business, they're reportedly cranking out their fastest-ever utility car.
How Australia's Coolest Little Truckets Are Showing Up In America
The hoonalicious Australian car-trucks known as "utes" Down Under are slowly starting to proliferate in the US, thanks to a Colorado outfit dramatically underselling them as "modern-day El Caminos." This is how they're making El Camino dreams come true.
How Australia's Coolest Little Truckets Are Showing Up In America
The hoonalicious Australian car-trucks known as "utes" Down Under are slowly starting to proliferate in the US, thanks to a Colorado outfit dramatically underselling them as "modern-day El Caminos." This is how they're making dreams come true.
A Brief History Of Australia's Car-Truck 'Ute' On Its 80th Birthday
Ford is decreeing today the 80th anniversary of the Australian-invented car-based roadgoing pickup known as the 'ute,' and in recognition we found a bit of backstory on the practical utility cars so beloved in the Land Down Under.
Ford FPV Super Pursuit XR8 Boss 290, poses at the Melbourne coast. It packs the same 5.4 liter V8 as the Mustang Cobra R. [thomasrdotorg/Flickr, 2007]
Auto Tech Still Gets To Work After His Ute Bursts Into Flames
An automotive technician in Adelaide still managed to make it to work, despite his ute catching on fire on the way there.
Check Out Some Proper Australian V8 Ute Hoonage In These Documentary Trailers
I have a tremendous amount of respect for the nation of Australia, because I think they do hoonage better than any other country on Earth.
A Reminder That Drifting Is Hard
Here we see a zealous Kiwi powersliding his little Mazda pickup. The cornering forces are a little high, and he rolls. Ken Block makes it look so easy, doesn't he?
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