12/3/2023 0 Comments Australian lingo tray in a car![]() The only other vehicle to crack the tonne was the Volkswagen Amarok at exactly 1000kg. This is interesting because the Ford Ranger, which is essentially the same vehicle, is rated to carry only 1002kg – the third-highest rating behind the Isuzu D-MAX at 1005kg. ![]() The vehicle that was rated to carry the most weight was the Mazda BT-50 with a maximum payload of 1095kg. Bear in mind that this doesn't include towing or the ball weights of the vehicles (we'll have a look at towing capabilities separately), merely the maximum amount they’re designed to carry in the tray and in the cabin. Guess it had to “learn” her driving style.Of course if you're going to buy a ute, eventually you're going to be carrying stuff in the back and while the vehicles on our comparison test were all remarkably similar in size, there were a few areas where their load-carrying capacities varied.įirstly, let's have a look at the weight they're rated to carry. We found that the transmission got much smoother after a few months of driving. "When I'm thinking "boring family sedan," I'm thinking Camry/Accord/Sonata - can you even get one of those to go out the door for $42,000?(Snazzy color, by the way.) ![]() That price puts the 330i at or below the same level as some boring family-oriented sedans and crossovers. FreedMike "The base price is actually lower, at a tick over $42K.Spectator Cadillac will dominate this segment to the same extent they rule in ICE luxury sales.If these are premium models $50k+ entry, the GM deathwatch will return. I hope they’re planning some sub-$30k entry points. Spectator GM can do well here if they can compete on price and use captive finance to move metal.Hope I’m wrong, having owned 4 Acuras it’s sad to see them today. If the same team did the ZDX I’m sure it’ll be similarly gimped and cancelled after 2 years. New MDX doesn’t have touchscreen at $70k and sits on lots even with near 10% off msrp. Spectator I have no faith in the ZDX round 2.Our advice is the same, only it also involves a case of Fosters and a ride on a kangaroo. “So it seems this latest disquiet is not so much about the loss of an Aussie icon itself, but rather the slipping from the lexicon of that most Australian of words, ute, in favour of yet another Americanism,” Margeit writes. The two aren’t interchangeable, and “pickup” is the proper term, the publication writes. Unlike the utes, these conventional vehicles have a cab and a utility bed, and are very clearly “pickups.” Utes were always a passenger car with the rear seating removed (and replaced with a bed). Australia - where water swirls the opposite direction as it leaves the toilet bowl - already has a bevy of smaller pickups from the likes of Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Izuzu. Of course, patriotism has clouded the conversation. Rob Margeit, editorial production manager of CarAdvice, explains the reaction: “And this has, if you believe the multitude of social media channels that drive so much of today’s discourse, gotten up the collective noses like flies in a desert of a horde of patriotic and jingoistic Aussie car buyers.” Replacing them will be newfangled “pickup trucks,” such as the Ford Ranger and Holden Colorado (Chevrolet Colorado in the U.S.). Last month, the Ford Falcon Ute ended a 55-year production run, and the Holden Ute’s looming death will seal the coffin. The land of dingoes and shrimp on the barbie spawned the car-based utility back in the 1930s, and they enjoyed a long run, even after the segment died out in North America. The first-generation Buick LaCrosse was sold as the Allure in Canada because “lacrosse” is Quebecois slang for something to which an entire Seinfeld episode is dedicated.Īustralia is no different, but many people Down Under aren’t happy with a new term that is creeping into the country’s vernacular: “truck.”Īccording to the Aussie publication CarAdvice, the imminent demise of the country’s beloved “utes” - car-based pickups similar to the long-departed Chevrolet El Camino - is breeding a backlash to the proper terminology for their conventional replacements. The Brits continue to call transport trucks “lorries” (and then there’s all that “boot” and “bonnet” stuff), while other locales adopt their own unique terminology for the same object or thing. Every country has its linguistic eccentricities. ![]()
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