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[StephenSLR]

Except AU onwards onwards Falcons & all Japanese pick-ups.

 

My understanding is a pick up truck is a form of truck, they're quite large, like the old F100's, etc.

 

Coupe utilities are based on a sedan or coupe right?

 

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[Dr Terry]

A coupe utility is sedan-based & has the body & tray as one unit. That was Lew Bandt's (of Ford Australia) original design patent back in 1934 & why it was different to any other light pick-up truck in those days. On a pick-up the tray is separate & can be removed e.g. Hi-Lux, Rodeo, F-100, Triton, AU onwards Falcon etc.

This definition is getting a little bit outdated, as many people now just loosely use the term 'Ute' to cover all pick-ups & coupe utilities.

Dr Terry

[StephenSLR]

On a pick-up the tray is separate & can be removed e.g. Hi-Lux, Rodeo, F-100, Triton, AU onwards Falcon etc.

 

Cheers.

 

Do the HQ's with a tray rather than body shell also fall into that category?

 

 

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[Dr Terry]

That's not a Ute, it's a One-Tonner, or more correctly a cab-chassis with tray, not a tub. 

 

I suppose you could call it a pick-up, but why use a yankee name on a good old Aussie workhorse.

 

Dr Terry

[StephenSLR]

Hatchback, coupe, hardtop and .... is it also a notchback?  

 

Notchback is a styling term describing a car body style, a variation of three-box styling where the third distinct volume or "box" is less pronounced — especially where the rear deck (third box) is short.

 

 

^ A three-box hatchback in notchback form 

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 22 May 2013 - 08:52 PM.

[StephenSLR]

Hatchback (a.k.a. liftback) sedans typically have the fastback profile but instead of a trunk lid, the entire back of the vehicle lifts up (using a liftgate or hatch).

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 22 May 2013 - 09:07 PM.