> Really? Over here a ute (and I'm happy to say that, like the rotary clothes > hoist, we invented them (: ) is a vehicle with a car for the front half and > a truck for the back half. Kind of a mini-truck if you're like. And don't > tell me that they're going to become the latest trendy American vehicle ... > oh God that's a screamer ... uhm. no. that was a failed 70's idea call the "El Camino" in the US. It was a car with a backend like a truck. Couldn't carry much of a load though, because of only a little better than car type suspesion / shocks. My father has one and loves it, to my shagrin. -j