The Holden Ute Should've Been Sold in the USA
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I really think General Motors should've sold the Holden Ute in the United States -- so I reviewed a Holden Ute located in California to demonstrate exactly why.
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Its weird seeing someone get so excited over a car that for me I see every day because they are so common in Australia.
Just like I get excited seeing a Dodge here in OZ etc
@@jimajams7080 A Dodge XD!! We laugh at those prices of crap! Except the Viper. And Ram SR8.
@@surenxavier8915 .. Where im from we still laugh at those too.
I see these daily burnt out and up on bricks in sydney lol
Bogan car
These things are everywhere in Australia and I mean EVERYWHERE.
Yes, that's absolutely true... Close to 1/3 are this kind... At least in Perth...
Id buy one and i live in the USA. I don't drive passengers around much and I prefer driving sedans. This is basically a sporty car with added utility which is awesome.
Honestly, as someone who lives in the US and didn't even know this exsisted, I think these are really cool.
I see
and despite what the enthusiasts say on here this car would not have sold any better than the other Australian cars sold here. There is reason GM stopped selling the El Camino and if they had placed that name on this Ute it would have certainly brought to mind negative images of the El Camino and Ranchero and their lackluster 70's execution. People here want raised trucks and SUVs. They would not appreciate paying 40-50kUS for a lowered El Camino with speed, Aussie heritage and an "iconic" American name, anymore than they wanted to spend $55kUS+ for a Chevy SS based on the G8 GXP based on the Holden Commodore. The Pontiac GTO, with unchanged styling is another example. I can comfortably say this as I own a GTO (10+ years) aka Holden Monaro and have heard all the criticisms. The same enthusiasts screamed for the GTO and when it came here unchanged with a bloated price tag to go with it's un-GTO like, un-retro shape, they like me, yawned. I bought one used when I realized a great deal could be had and that I did not care about the name or heritage as long as it performed.
RIP Holden. Murdered by GM
RIP Holden. *Murdered by Australian's buying imports.*
yall hate one them when they are here and act sad when they are gone
@@04m6gto Well, there was only one "real" Holden australians could buy -the Commodore in various shapes and forms.
The rest of the line up were imports anyway.
Classic GM: make a Holden SUV -nah. Let's sell rebadged Chevrolet-Daewoo stuff.
Economy cars - we sell badge engineered vehicles from rather unrelated companies for decades, first Suzuki, then Opel then Daewoo.
Compact cars - let's ship them real expensive from europe (Opel).
Workhorse pickups or offroaders? We'll promote Isuzu instead. And then we'll withdraw our stakes in Isuzu.
GM sure knows how to manage their business and brands so well. Each marque has great reputation and disversification. Not.
@@04m6gto @@04m6gto A bit of both. GM as owner of Holden didn't offer much for the price tag they had for their cars compared to imports. Imports came with good value for every dollar spent and not to mention warranty. And worst of poor resale value. Omega is a good example. GM had the powers to address these issues but it wasn't their top agenda. They just let Holden bleed out. It was eventual for a country no longer prioritise manufacturing. The government is partly should be blamed.
me: so why did you kill off holden?
GM: money!
'Ute' is an abbreviation of coupe/utility, a body style which was pioneered by Ford Australia in 1933/34 and which has been popular in Australia ever since. So it's very incorrect to say that it started with El Caminos and Rancheros and that Australia adopted it from the US.
You can't believe anything Doug says
I think Ford started the Ute thing with the Model T pickups in the 1920s
shhh the americans might start crying
Yes, some Australian farmers wife wrote to Ford and asked for a vehicle that they could go to town with to pick up farm supplies on the weekdays and still civilised enough to go to church in on Sundays.
Aussies be like: "Just another stock commie bro"
exact thought ! hahaha
Joshua Hindmarsh HAHAHAHA too fucken true😂
their called commonwhores m8
Simo Aint called that round here, what state you in?
Aussies dont say 'bro' thats Kiwis.. aussies say 'mate' .. ok bro!
It didn’t “catch on” in Australia in the 1980’s. Australia had been producing Utes since 1934 (Ford Australia) and 1951 Holden. The Ute was only discontinued in 2016 when car manufacturing ceased in Australia.
Lucas Hood October 2017
@@flynnjacobs1662 you mean because american companies don't give a shit about Australians icons. They weren't losing money, they just weren't making enough profit.
yupppp the government doesnt care about us... would rather us all be on centerlink and controllable
It's the first thing that I thought, and I was going to comment, but you've done that for me. Invented in Australia.
sad thing is we won't have utes anymore, we'll just have big trucks that are hard to load, and get into,they also are horrible on tarmac, not utes, utes drive like normal cars.
The “Ute” concept was actually invented in Australia, we didn’t pick up on an American idea, it was quite the reverse.
James Coe It’s called the Holden UTEster
Roady Kim ??? Um, no. The concept was suggested to Ford Australia by a farmer’s wife in Gippsland in 1933.
What is the concept car name?
I think Ford Australia fully released it in 1934 or 35 and it was called coupe utility. Holden released its version in the ute version of the first car it made in the early 50s so i think we made the first two before any were made in america
Ohh
"Died out in US but caught on in Australia.."
Yeah nah mate it's just been like a thing forever over here..
the key word is 'DIED'
I think that's what he was trying to say.
It was INVENTED here in Australia
1934. Australia. Ford. Rather v.v.
Didn't you know Americans invented everything including water?
A minute silence please Holden has closed its plant in Australia and Australian car production is no more. This beautiful V8 ute is no more last of its kind. RIP Holden.
Ben Wong 😭 As An American I'm Sad About This.
It sucks that GM took all the bailout money the Australian government gave Holden and sent it to the US!
The fact they needed bail out money said it was over for them. Manufacturing costs are just too high over here. Plus with our tiny market it's more practical just to import. Though it does indeed make me sad losing Ford and Holden.
good riddance to antiquated technology
It wasn't. The commodore was the perfect car for driving around Australia. Very comfortable, room for the family, plenty of power to tow.
They were built to a budget which fit the middle class Australian.
There was no point having a pokey European car when we have wide open roads and cheap fuel similar to USA.
As fuel got more expensive and most people moved to the city though our needs changed but Holden and Ford failed to adapt.
this is the car version of a mullet.
DigitalYojimbo now THAT'S funny!!
Those Australian UTEs are pretty damn sick, I'm not much into pickup trucks (my daily is actually Mercedes W124 Coupe) and I'm from Poland where almost NOBODY buys a pickup truck (in fact they're REALLY rare to see on a road there) but those UTE things are really cool in my eyes especially with a big V8, go Aussies! I love you guys and your silly accent.
You're not driving it right, you've got to tailgait the people in front of you who are already going 10 over the limit.
That sounds like how I drive.
Isn't that 4wds
@@randomdude4669 Typically Ford Rangers
as is tradition
Red HSV Holden Ute is otherwise known as a "Tradesman's Ferrari".
Felipe Plaza up tha maloo !!!
Poor mans sports car
Never heard that one. I like it lol
adnan bashar They aint cheap though. The new ones cost about the same as base model mustang.
Maloo R8 FTW
I find it hilarious as an Australian that Americans are so amazed by a car i see on the daily
No, it's just Doug.
They are awesome looking cars, amazingly practical. I'd love to get my hands on one.
Derian Parsons I prefer the falcon, they have a better interior and feel more expensive. They only draw back is that they don’t sound as good
It is because we get crap cars that look extremely ugly and barely fit main purpose let alone multiple haha. Definitely pretty funny from non American perspective
It'd be the same thing if the roles were reversed. It's just human nature.
The Utes were also available in New Zealand, and very popular here as well. My father had his first one in 1960. I owned two of the very popular Holden HQ series, one a Belmont and the other a Kingswood.
I have a VZ SS Crewman & I love it
Yep we see the Holden Ute almost every day in New Zealand too, I remember wanting a Kingswood but by that time they were getting pretty rare.
Hehe
Kings wood
They were also available in South Africa as the Chevrolet Lumina SS utility.
Wait there are cars in Africa? I thought u guys don't have water
@@lucatiu1608 do your research pls
@@lucatiu1608 mate really
@@shay4261 it's called a joke
@@thebigdog9785 a shit one
Doug needs to get his hands on a VF Maloo, I know Left Hand Utes have done a few of them.
I pick up my LSA maloo from Left Hand Utes sometime around March. I'll have to see if he wants to make it happen once it's done.
Chris Edwards you’re gonna fuckin love it
@@NuggetsAutomotive I have one of the last of the LSA manual Maloos here in OZ. They are a amazing vehicle. Any info you need message me. Congrats on the purchase.
Chris Edwards you are going to scare yourself witless mate 😆
@@NuggetsAutomotive Any updates? Keen to hear your thoughts :-)
I went to Australia last week and boy were there lot's of these
They're some of the easiest cars to get your hands on in Australia, unless you go into Sydney where all the Japanese cars seem to end up you will see 90% Holdens on the road.
32000usd brand new / Now a 6 yr old 2012 ss ute are selling for $13000usd
Yeah but their shit
Yeah
We are pretty lucky to have them here
Not only found IN Australia. We have it in South Africa, it's called the Chevrolet Lumina SS/SSV
HSV (Holden Special Vehicles) used to make more powerful versions of this ute. The most powerful version (HSV GTSR) has 635hp!
A friend of mine has a Walkinshaw ,puts out 800hp
Sorry Doug, the 'sedan based ute' did not 'catch on' in Australia from the US but rather the other way around. The concept was first released by Ford Australia in around 1934 after a letter from a farmer's wife asking for a vehicle that could "go to church on a Sunday and carry pigs to the market on Monday".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)#History
Technically the Ute started with the Model T in the 1920s
It didn't catch on in Australia we had them in the 40's and never stopped making them!
well never stopped until last year
What do you mean "it didn't catch on in Australia", Australia is where the first ute was made in 1933.
Jarl Nieminen Aussie all the way 🤙🤙🤙
Doug Borrett thank you at least someone knows Aussie history 🤙
We had utes in the 1930s 1932 to be exact first ute was built on the Ford model A chaise.
Doug: They import Utes!
Company: We basically build a whole new car from the ground up
"It was only sold in Australia" oh.... guess we never had any of these in New Zealand then... 🙄🙄🙄 lol
New Zealand might as well be part of Australia. Enough kiwis live in Sydney anyway.
It was invented there
@@flynnmartin2101 that's not the point... It wasn't anything to do with where they were made, but where they were sold.
The australian constitution still says New Zealand is a state
I think the Commodore Ute made it to Sth Africa too.
OMG, you're driving that beast from the passenger seat!
Lol.
you mean tamed beast don't you lol
its fucking dangerous if its not LH though, pulling out from the curb you will get in a smash lol.
Right hand built not left lol
Driving on the proper side.
For an Australian, this is just about the most normal car you've had on your channel ever! They are just about everywhere.
We have them in New Zealand too. I've never really thought about it before but I guess it is pretty unique.
I'm from south Africa and I really appreciated your review on the sedan of the chevy ss cause it's been one of my favorites....
And you pretty much get them around south africa but they getting rare
I'm single with no kids.
I like driving fast.
But I play a lot of ice hockey and on the weekends I am a gigging musician with bulky gear.
I need this car.
No one cares....sike, this car should had been the New Camino with the LS3 from the Chevy SS which Chevy should had called it the Impala SS and both would had become instant classics, not to mention that the Chevy SS was a great choice for Police Cruisers.
Chevy SSR...
@@raptorm8242 don't let mommy see your comment or you'll get grounded
@@raptorm8242 11 year old who just learned how to swear?
@@stupidsnek, too late. She was looking over his shoulder. XD
Doug if you thought that was fast you should try a HSV Maloo GTS
Ratchet7191 used to have one... regret selling
Ratchet7191 or you can gt a supercharge in ssv redline and you get more power
Ratchet7191 yessss
for an FPV f6 tornado v8 killer
gtsr w1!!!!!!!!!!!! manual!
I am not used to seeing someone so exited over my everyday car
"What is a ute?" "I'm sorry, Youthes." I love that movie!
My cousin vinny, classic. Joe Pesci should've received an Oscar along with Marrissa Tomei.
Awesome lol, perfect quote for this video, great movie
@@haydengoodall6767 The Judge and Lurch. character in 'The Adams Family'
are one-and-the-same actor.
His name escapes me at the moment
"It caught on in Australia". It STARTED in Australia mate.
Been going since the 40’s.
Aussies invented the ute.
So true Mate it has been around since the late 1940's and was built on a GM car platform all the way back to then. Look up on Google Pictures and ask for SS Camaro Ute and see what you find... This guy has his ass backwards...
I remember having to do an assignment in high school about an Australian invention and did the ute. From memory it was a guy named Lewis Bandt who worked for Ford Australia at the time.
No, the "Ute" was designed under Ford by Australian Lew Bandt by adding a bed to a 1933 Ford Coupe, thus creating the 1934 Coupe Utlity. Yes he's Australian, yes it was developed for Australia, inside of an American company's development rooms, by an American company, with Americans, using an American Ford. He died in 1987 in a 1934 Ute of his own design when he crashed with a truck.
Besides that.. Holden became GM-H, General Motors owned, in 1931. General Motors is out of Detroit.
Holden, like Chevy, Opel, Vauxhall and others, are just subsidiaries of or majority owned by General Motors. Australia didn't release their own Coupe Utility until 1951 with a variant of the first car to ever bear the Holden name, the 48-215. That was 2 years after the British released the Armstrong Siddeley, 5 years after the Chevrolet Stylemaster, 5 years after the newer Ford Coupe Utility.... There was a Ford Runabout in 1913...
The "ute" would have never existed if not for the American automotive industry, and Australia is certainly not responsible for flatbed vehicles or the pickup truck. Agree, disagree, I don't care, I won't debate recent history.
*edited, added info about Holden, removed el camino reference.
There are lots of utes here in Australia...in fact Ford Australia created the first Ute in 1934 by converting a Tudor sedan...we have been using them ever since, and they are popular everywhere here.
Tudor sedan? Was that a Ford car?
Victor Murat it’s on google look it up
Holden Special Vehicle (HSV) own 50 percent of the stakes, so the Commodore can still be kept alive with the help of the australian community if they wish for it.
It's all a matter of making it happen.
For me,high compression 253 v8 and a 3 speed column shift HQ.
I think the first Ute was the Model T with a pickup bed
I fell in love after seeing a picture of a family friend's 1967 Valiant Ute (utility pick up version of mixed Dodge Dart and Plymouth Valiant). I've always wanted one...maybe one day
This was also sold in South Africa as a Chevy Lumina, buying one soon
Ute's started in Australia because a farmer asked Ford to make a utility car for multi use
johnnyasus86 ...As if that very thing didn't already exist...
Mark Haury it didnt idiot
@Mark Haury, there was no ute untill a farmers wife sent a letter to an executive of Ford Motor Company of Australia asking them to build a vehicle that her husband could "take the pigs to market on a weekday, and drive her to church on Sunday", that is how the idea of a Ute or "Utility Coupe" came to be.
actually the first ute was invented buy Aus for the use army
tolgahk84 ...Except that story is a complete fabrication... Research by *Australian* journalists revealed there is zero evidence it ever happened.
Regardless: Ford, Packard and *many* other marques were making that exact car chassis with cargo bed formula decades before. In fact, they have existed since self-propelled vehicles thenselves were invented. There is nothing even remotely Australian about the idea. The Holden version was different only in that *all* cars of that period were different from cars of other periods. The formula itself was identical to those before as well as since.
Australia is just the only place it ever really caught on. In the States there was never enough utility or performance compared to the alternatives available. The ute's relatively small size was irrelevant and a liability rather than an asset because American streets, lanes, parking spaces etc., etc. are and always have been so much bigger.
If anything, the American full-sized "pickup" was far more unique than the "ute", and now every country makes a body-on-frame, much heavier-duty pickup. Because they are still far more useful than the "ute"... Even compact pickups can haul and tow as much as a ute, have an even smaller footprint and are far better when the pavement is broken or absent. And if you think pickups can't be fast and/or luxurious you haven't been paying attention. F150 Lightning. Lincoln Blackwood. King Ranch. GMC Typhoon & Syclone (sic). The list is very long.
I appreciate the guy who made this ute, I don't care about the small mistakes
It's good conversions are happy, since these are about to become history and the more the spread the better. Just hope someone of these conversions are kept tip top, so in years to come, Australians can buy them back and convert them back to Holden (Since there are no longer going to be made and bogans crash them daily). Just wish GM cunts would have allowed Australia to do LHD for the US market. GM was too scared if Holdens were brought to America new that local brands would have issues selling their Daewoo shitheaps
most Australian thing to read
Gotta keep the behind the seats air conditioned mate. Actually not a bad idea if you keep drinks and food there ;p
Aidan Flagg you mean the guy who invented it?
Ian Faen gm almost sold a Ute through Pontiac in 2010 but they scraped the idea because of budget cuts...Pontiac died :(
I love my 08 VE Holden V8 Ute, its a beast and his name is Bruce.
LOL mines pandora shes got a sweet box (manual)
I'm surprised that Doug was so surprised the whole thing went together so well. After all, the donor G8 was just a left hand drive version of the Commodore sedan, which this ute was based on. Of course everything fits 🙄
Still carrying Vic rego! I love it!
But bought from Shacks Holden in WA
Could be a dummy plate-sold on ebay. 19 US states only require a rear plate and many put other plates on the front (German plates on BMWs, Mercs etc.) This is registered in Massachusetts, and should have a front plate. Perhaps Mass. is like California where having either a fake plate or no plate on the front is not unusual.
Must be stolen then hahaha
yeh was thinking shacks is WA haha.
Nick Lai no, he got the cards from a trip to Australia.
It had a Victorian (Australian State) number plate.
yeh i saw that also, weird
ikswortp Some states don't require you to have a front license plate, in that case a lot of people like to put their own plates in the front. I see a lot of people putting German front license plates in PA
not gonna lie at the start i though he was at the great ocean road in vic
Sam B too bad California requires it
Sam has it right. I might add that because Australian cars are required to have a front plate, if they don't have one there they can look a bit stupid because they're designed to have them on the front, and would otherwise have a rectangular relief in the bumper.
I seen one Michigan while doing Amazon delivery. It was sharp!
Saw one. You saw one in Michigan delivering for Amazon.
@@beetlebonnet6152 parked the van and and took a walk around it. Seen a Subaru and the owner said he did his from a kit he ordered.
The Pontiac G8 is based on the HOLDEN VE Commodore platform
As an Australian it's weird to see one of those without Chevy badges stuck on it.
Cerbaus Hi Yep. I always wondered if in America they do the opposite and put holden badges on some cars.
American owners of the GTO (Monaro), G8 (VE), SS (VF) and Caprice are very educated on the history. Im in a few owners groups on facebook and its great seeing how much effort they all put in to make their cars look like proper Holdens.
Some even go to the effort of getting authentic Holden airbags.
MrHeyfuckoff Why do I literally see you everywhere? Lmao. Thanks for the comment, I thought it was just an Aussie thing.
what about hsv replicas ?
Aka tryhards!
did you say...utes?
yeah, two utes.
what is a ute?
oh, excuse me your honor, two youttttthhhhsss.
whitedevil2 great movie
I was trying to figure out what movie to watch tonight. That decision has now been made.
haha. one of the better movies
What movie is that from?
Is that from My cousin Vinny.
They were sold in South Africa as Chev Lumina’s. Awesome vehicles
I’m sitting here watching this thinking “DAMN! That’s nice” when I can walk outside and see literally 100 or so drive down my street or call up a mate and tell em to come over 😂
I'm waiting for the day when someone's crazy enough to import a Maloo, the HSV version of the Holden ute. If you think the stock SS gets your attention, the Maloo is as subtle as a brick to the face. Everything from its aggressive body kit, huge low profile tyres, massive brakes and retuned suspension are all to make an even better ute. I'm aware Americans don't like subtlety in performance cars, and that would be the answer
Yep...downright sure to get even the most discerning critic in the USA to take notice!!!!
Im not sure they would get it though, we grew up with the changes to the Maloo range so the VE/VF was amazing
Such an amazing car.
Even the FPV utes in the end looked great.
Shame there is no more :(
In saying that though if i got to move back to the USA i would love a VF Maloo as a daily hahaha
There was a company on the Eastcoast of the USA that imported and converted HSV cars a few years back but not sure it is still around. I remember seeing an advert for them on a USA cars for sale site.
Apparently the maloo is actually banned in america lol
Left Hand Utes will import Maloos no problem.
This is the sole reason I relocated to Australia, to own a Holden ute. Last year I achieved my goal with a crewman. Bless the Aussies.
+hahahaha .i should dothe same)after i finish my project Elcamino here in Califirnia)
Hats off to you sir
Get behind the wheel of an XR6 Turbo, or better yet a Typhoon - mental utes once that boost kicks in!
+Chris A Fuck off mate. That's like saying only bogans can wear thongs
Damn I love being an Aussie and watching an American talk about a car that I know a lot about and wanted to buy and also Holden commodores ute's arent really where I live but there are tons in Perth tho.
I love the hsv maloo with the split grill absolutely beautiful
In Australia we have one with 577hp
prob with a chevy badge too
i think next year you'll have one with over 630. I know you'll have a commodore with the LS9 for the last year. Hopefully they'll put it in a ute
The LS9 was sold this year.
The Commodore & Ute go out of production in October this year.
ok. Thanks for the clarification. Didn't know they made it yet
>GM sold Holden brand to Opel
uh, Opel got sold to PSA, but Holden's still GMH dude
Shoulda woulda coulda..unfortunately the genuises in Detroit thought it best to pull the plug on Holden (slow clap)
BTW that Ute is a VE series 1, circa 2010, so the styling and interior dates back to 2006.
The current (and last) VF series II has a 6.2 LS3, 304 kW (414 hp) and looks like the current Chev SS inside and is a huge step up from the vehicle shown. As a Melbournian, love seeing the blue and white (state of) Victoria number plate in the USA, that is just surreal,so, woooo! on that.
But Doug is right, it SHOULD have been sold in the USA, but your militant UAW would have disallowed that. It could have been an El Camino and successful too. The team that developed this platform were the same people who developed your 5th Gen Camaro, so the engineering ability is there.
To Show how good these cars are, the HSV version of this set the exact same lap time as an Aston Martin DB9 on the Top gear track back in 2009...
Well i have REDLINE Stickers for sale, this is when Redline australia still had opportunities to sell their products as far as friction modifiers, but now they sell thier oils and other friction products combined with OE oils. :) But you cant get the stickers anymore. so please contact me if you want to buy any. :)
the hsv maloo 10x cooler because of 2 words "super Charged"
Yes the new VF Range and especially the series 2, which is to say you can get a new car thats all the basics are still there. 430Kw in a ute or approx 340KW at the rear wheels ?
Knight Industries thanks so much for this. Being from the US I greatly appreciate the cool factor of this vehicle. I visited Oz about a year ago and was so excited to see one in person. Really too bad we didnt get them. An LS3 would be a great powerplant for this.
They have them now in the new Chevy SS and the HSV or the SS utes which the USA company can import with just a few changes due to emissions other than that, you can get a 2013 to 2017 UTE with a 6.2 LS3 engine ?
I lived in Oz for a year and saw a number of Fords and Holdens that I know would have sold well in the US. These tricked out Utes would have been sweet to see here in the US!
We have them in New Zealand too. They are usually super loud; they have massive exhausts so you can hear them coming long before you see them.
Fun fact: This WAS supposed to be sold in the US as the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck, but Pontiac kinda died
I worked at GM's crash testing lab and can tell you that is complete BS. If that were true we would have seen left Hand Drive models. That told us they would never be released in the American market. If there ever would have been plans to possibly rebadge them we'd have seen them. We only seen right hand drive Yutes. We saw left hand drive Monaros still with Monaro badges and moldings.
ruclips.net/video/tBuQFtgz3Ac/видео.html
Guys do your fucking research
And literally just Google "Pontiac G8 Sport Truck"
@@Nexxarian Stop pulling out of ass. Tight ass.
@Aryu Singhal "In addition to the sedan, a two-seat coupé utility called the G8 ST was shown at the New York International Auto Show in March 2008. Based on the Holden Ute, it was built on the same G8 platform with a 73-inch (1,900 mm) cargo bed. The Sport Truck had the same 361 hp (269 kW), 6.0-liter V8 used in the G8 GT, as well as the 3.6-liter, 256 hp (191 kW) V6. After a naming contest with more than 18,000 suggestions, the name remained the G8 ST.
The G8 ST, slated for release as a 2010 model, was to be Pontiac's coupe utility, and GM's first coupe utility in the United States since the Chevrolet El Camino was discontinued in 1987. In January 2009, GM announced to Pontiac dealers that the G8 ST was cancelled due to budget cuts and restructuring."
Copypasted from Wikipedia after a 5 second Google search. So I don't know why you think I'm pulling this out of my ass, but you're pretty fucking dumb if you still think I'm lying. Why would I need to?
it's a shame everyone is abusing each other in the comments, instead of enjoying this awesome ute on both continents. Us Aussies love these utes ! :)
Spread the love, Andrew! 💋🍄💋🍄
ever heard the keyboard warrior? why you so salty brah
Its a VE, what could we enjoy about it ?
I was living there and I really dig the ute thing man. In my country they drive station wagons.... lol if they would only know......
I think that a ute is the best combination of many good things from different types of cars without taking over the bad things. And its a part of the Australian culture for sure.
Greetings to all Aussie blokes out there.
Andrew Murray Every time I hear something about Australia it is something good, I wanna go to Australia one day.
I've seen this video a number of times. First time not long after you uploaded it, the second time was when I was looking at buying one, and now I'm watching it again since I bought one about a month ago. It's like watching a different video every time. My 2008 Holden SSV Ute has some performance mods but mainly cosmetic and some practical. If you're debating to get one or not after this video... DO IT. They are amazing cars and Doug does a good job at showing you around however does not explore the amount of power that these machines have
Every Aussie watches this to see what Doug has to say about this Australian legend.
Not really a legend as they are everywhere.
in Australia a farmer's wife complained to ford that she needed a car to take the pigs to the market on saterday and to go to church on sunday. and the ute was born and Aussys have worshipped it ever since!..
Nerdy Tech nope the farmer wanted to take his wife to church on Sunday
Pigs to market eh......I remembered them as sheep, stand corrected. But the livestock angle is what I remembered as critical to the design, being a man of a certain age.
Saturday, NOT Saterday
Shut up, Hammond
I could not agree more. I used to own one of them back in Australia. They're so expensive to buy in the US though!
There's someone near me who owns a Chevy SS. It's like a little breath of back home when I see it.
Mark Henderson Duhhh you gotta import them in the Us
Thanks Doug. Made me smile to see this baby in the States.....but they’re everywhere over here. Cheers from Sydney Australia 👍🏻
It’s was funny to hear him talk about the key badged with the holden lion logo and the Australian holden books in the glovebox, over here in Australia a lot of holden owners were buying Chevy badges to put on the front and back of there commodores or anything with the chev emblem they wanted
It was a fad for sure, though I have no idea why. It was more common for some VL ( or was it VK ? ) with the Nissan motor to put a nissan badge on their car. And dont forget the Toyota Badged Commodore VN I think it was known as the Toyota Lexcen. I had a TX Holden-Isuzu Gemini in the early 90s, my first car and I miss it.
I live in Australia so i see these things around 46 times a day
Church on Sunday, pigs to market on Monday!!
I would totally drive one of these if I could afford it! I've always wanted something that can haul stuff but still have a little speed. Thanks Doug and Forza Horizon 3!
I miss these kind of reviews by Doug
Being from Australia i never realised the rest of the world didn't have utes or holden for that matter
what do you guys put your motorbikes on? lol
Jacob hudd we put our motorcycles on big V8 trucks.
Jacob hudd yeah but see the height difference. Much easier to load a ute up
Holden is Australian brand of Vauxhall which in turn was owned by GM, a US company.
penitent2401 holden is an Australian brand gm probably own all the stock but i dont see them driving around in America.
For people saying 350 horsepower isn't much for a 6 liter V8 you are correct, this however is not the high performance version of the Holden ute, the high performance one is the HSV Maloo which I believe has 600 horsepower and looks a fuckload better!
The car in the video is just what all the plumbers drive around in, not a car any of us would call high powered!
Nightmana tradies choice 😂
yeah G8 GXP has the Ls3 Motor the GT only had L76 motor was weaker than the LS2.
Dont forget FPV
Nightmana all it takes is cyl heads, headers, a cam and a tune and you can go from 320crank hp to rwhp 420rwhp on American truck v8s
my brother used to have an ss ute like this one. all it took was a cam, cai, exhaust and a tune to make nearly 500rwhp haha. was quite the work car. sounded the part too
Nice chill MAL waves in the back drop, suits that VE to a tee.
Just a had a quick look at the interior light switch in my ve Commo ute and it is the sedan button ie four doors.
The attention to detail tho, dat Victoria Number plate.
(Comin from an Aussie btw)
Aspect Agreed (Also an Aussie)
"Australia caught on" mate Australia invented the ute in the early 1900's we didnt copy the u.s...
From a Queenslander...Bloody oath we did.
Australia is the best!
Ford Australia's first products were Model Ts assembled from complete knock-down (CKD) kits provided by Ford of Canada.In 1934, the company released a coupe utility based upon the Model A American Ford "Closed Cab Pickup Truck" that had been produced for 6 years from 1928.
@John Johnson Everything
Doug is the type of guy who thinks cars were not made before 1990
@dougdemuro the conversion works so well because the G8 and GTO were Aussie built commodores/statesmans converted for GM in US...
Australia didn't adopt the idea based on utes American utes from the 1970's...
The actual story of the ute is as follows;
A farmer’s wife from Gippsland wrote to Ford Australia, in 1933. Her letter said that they couldn’t afford to buy two vehicles, but wanted a car that could take them to church on Sundays and the pigs to market on Mondays.
In response, Lewis Brandt, a 22-year-old engineer at the Ford Geelong plant, was commissioned to design a solution. Brandt modified the 1933 coupe, a passenger car, by extending the side panel from the rear of the cab to the rear of the tray. This strengthened the body and suspension to provide for load-bearing.
In 1934, the first Ford Coupe Utility rolled off the production line. The original ute had a 5ft 5in tray that could carry a load of 1200 pounds (550kg). The coupe ute was undoubtedly successful. Henry Ford himself commented that the boys in the US needed to take a look at what he dubbed the ‘Aussie Kangaroo Chaser’."
Caught on in Australia? . . . . Didn't an Aussie invent the ute? Which differs from a pick up?
Yep, and they go back much further than the 60s. They were originally designed with farmers in mind...many couldn't afford 2 vehicles, so they needed a farm truck that was comfortable enough to take the missus longer distances, Sunday church, etc. with (relative) comfort.
"The worlds' first "Closed Cab" Pickup truck was developed by Henry Ford in 1928, and whilst the Ford Model A (1927-1931) Roadster Pickup was produced in the United States from 6 years earlier, Ford is claimed to be the first company to produce an Australian "ute". This was the result of a 1932 letter from the unnamed wife of a farmer in Victoria, Australia asking for “a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays”. In response, Ford designer Lew Bandt developed the ute and the model called a "coupe utility" at the time was released in 1934."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)
Amazing what a little research would have done to help Doug.
yep first ute was a model t ford, was still designed by henry ford after an aussie requested the dual purpose car, pretty sure they were sold in usa too
Utes are sedan based vehicles that are low down to the ground like a sedan with 2 or occasionally 4 doors with the bed built onto the bodywork and chassis with everyday car in mind but also doubling as a utility vehicle, with very high powered engines mostly consisting of V6s and V8s
Pickups are specially built vehicles with very commonly 4 doors and occasionally 2 doors, high up like a 4x4 or SUV and more utilitarian in design and more suited for off road and heavy duty tasks.
Essentially Utes are more like high powered coupe road cars with the ability of being a very capable utility vehicle and Pickups are mainly just utility vehicles with heavy duty in mind
tobagotb10 no. Pick up is based off a 4wd and can be either 2wd or 4wd. It is designed as a step up/in vehicle with high ground clearance as opposed to a car based sit into vehicle. Hilux is a pick up. F150 is a pick up. Only Australia does utes/tray backs. Not sure if you have "sedan" based Hilux 2wd tray backs in US but we do. We technically call our big 4wd and small 2wd Hilux Ute's. We don't use pick up in Oz. But yes, 3 types. A large 4wd "pick up"
A "sedan" based Ute, as well, as tray back. That is it is a Ute in design but instead of a enclosed rear body, and the Ford falcon used this extensively a tray is placed on instead. Hence..... Tray back.
V8Ziggy we have pickups here, several American ones in rhd but not as common, also we have the land cruiser 80 pick up, ford ranger, and holden Colorado as well as Nissan Navara
In Australia we use Roof Racks for the Surf boards...keeps the back clear for the Esky
Is that the colloquial term down there for what we in North America call a cooler? Esky?
@@CsykKrit Yes, an Esky is a cooler for your food and drinks. Esky is/was an actual brand name, but has become a generic term in Oz, just like how Hoover means vacuum cleaner.
Nz calls a "Esky" a chilly bin
would you be so nice to consider reviewing 68' El Camino maybe with some pros of my favourite type of engine - in-line six?
maybe I i wrote my question incorrectly grammatically but I hope you got my point
Really wish these cars would make a comeback! I’ll tell you what though I won’t be Holden my breath. 🙃
You gotta' know when to HOLDEN, know when to fold 'em, know when to run.
Count your blessings.
Everyone take note.
It is HOLDEN and not Holden.
There is a big difference between the two and the majority of you who are not sufficiently
educated nor have knowledge of Law , and thus are totally clueless.
Go and observe a few Name tags on vehicles and CORPORATE LOGOs
and Names on Grave stones and see if you are able to connect the dots.
Much like zombies most of you walk around with your eyes closed, and
cannot see what is hidden in plain sight.
@@andrew_koala2974 stop being so nitpicky over how he said it. He still spelled it correctly didn't he?
Ha! Chortle 'Snort'
I live in Australia and I took for granted that you guys don't have these Utes. They are super common in Australia.
I know I'm from Australia
US here. I would love one of these if it's big enough for a 2 meter tall guy to fit in. They look super FUNctional.
Uuuugghhh So much Horizon 3!!!!!!
Goreo Productions even if I don't have it, I can feel it
Goreo Productions hahaha I was thinking the same thing mate!
I didn't hate to say mate there mate
The "Holden Bluetooth" is a recording, not sure when it was done! The car likely makes you record when you set up a new Bluetooth device, from my experience with that onstar Bluetooth voice system in other GM vehicles
Something for church on Sunday and market on Monday.
The reply from a Aussie country wife when asked what an ideal vehicle would be.
RIP Holden. Australian production anyway, so no more Holden Utes.
nchia Holden was also a branch of GM lol
no biggie really, there all crap. Still a GM product of USA. Dont kid yourself just because you live in Australia.
GM makes some shit but they also make some truly excellent world class cars. just like any other company.
stdavross666 doesn't know shit about cars im guessing.
Just my opinion max pot, were I am from your allowed an opinion. I have owned a few (holdens)...all been shithouse. I dont buy GM anymore. Catchya.
I'm so pumped that an Aussie car is loved in the states! Pity they've stopped making them in Australia. 😭
For me the VE is my favourite body design they have ever done, it excites me everytime i see it, it will be my next purchase, sv6 though
I like the Falcon better
Moving on to Electric cars
@@carsnshii_ Yeah, pickup version from Nissan leaf...
@@JasonSmith-iq4xs are you serious? the VE is the ugliest holden they ever made!
the utes and Wagons are ok.. but my Goodness is the Sedan a hunk oF S***.
do your self a favour, buy an xr6 Turbo! it"s in a different league Completely!
I like how consistent the man is
Yeah I used to live in Australia and they're everywhere. I absolutely love it and wish it would come to America. I would buy a used one right now...
It didn't catch on in Australia it started in Australia
I'm from Australia
xx36 noscope cooooooooooool 👍🏼
I've seen heaps in Australia
I just noticed that Holden Bluetooth is a Australian accent
I LOVE IT!!!!! Great video and thanks for sharing.
I absolutely love this cartruck! I would buy one in a heartbeat
i saw about 10 of these things in the first 5 minutes on arrival in Sydney. i could immediately see that it was a GM product and i was just as immediately certain that it would sell like nuts in the US. another in a long list of missed opportunities by a big three American auto maker. no surprise, really.
This has El Camino written ALL OVER IT, Doug!!!!!! Yes, the point of origin MIGHT be the Land Down Under, but with that BEAUTIFUL LS V8 under the hood, Chevy/GM were sitting on a gold mine, & it SHOULD have been sold as the El Camino here!!!!!!
Theres rumors that it will be in the next few years!
nope that is not true holden has stopped the production of the australian build commodore and it is now going to be a rebadged opel insignia. so good buy the the ute
+Nick well if they do rebadge as opel then gm won't own it anymore. gm is backing out of eu
MyNoble06 GM just sold its opel and vauxhall, arm to Peugeot a corner of weeks ago.
+Stephen Butler yeah that's what I heard I didn't know who bought it.
Holden, prior to this did produce dual cab Utes and even 4x4 station-wagons (Estates-Shooting Brakes)
RIP Holden, we'll miss you.
review a maloo ute it has twice the power
no comment Yeah
They had one on Top Gear with 578hp
Twice the power lol. You suck at math.
360 hp vs 450 hp
VE SS had 295 hp to the wheels. his numbers are bullshit.
I owned a Ford Falcon ute from 07 to 12. Let me give you some numbers.
It costs around the equivalent of USD$28,000.
The base model/trim at that time (also the one I got) was XR6 BF Mark II. 4.0L naturally aspirated inline 6 cylinder petrol engine (engine code "Barra 195") that makes 195kw @5250 rpm and sends 391Nm (290ish lb•ft?) of torque to the rear at just 2500 rpm. In another word, the vehicle can have you pinned on the seat long before you hear the engine rev. It's magic.
If you are willing to spend around 5000 to 10000 more, you can get a turbocharged i6 or a NA v8. There are also companies like HSV and FPV (the Holden and Australia Ford's own high performance division, like AMG to mercs) who produces supercharged v8 version of the sedan and ute body of Falcon and Commodore. They are probably the reason why you don't see M5 or C63 that much in Aussie streets.
Also the sedan version is a very popular taxi model because the Barra engine is known to go 800k to a million km before bust.
Sadly automotive manufacturing is closing down in Australia and both Ford and Holden's ute are going extinct. Moment of silence.
Peida Li iô
Love the barra. Am glad to own a BA Fairmont ghia and XF falcon :)
This looks like the compact pickups we have in Brazil like the Chevrolet Montana, Fiat Strada and Volkswagen Saveiro
So what's the score Doug? I can tell it would be a super high score from all your smiles and enjoying it. As I would be the same way after being in Australia and enjoying every single one I've seen in person.