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Here is their website that was on the video description:
http://quad4rods.com/index.php?opti…
Such a shame the Ute will be killed down under soon.
Rainbow
> cuts_off_prius
11/01/2013 at 01:43 |
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Is that price for the whole thing??? Or do you need to supply a donor car/engine/chassis?
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cuts_off_prius
> Rainbow
11/01/2013 at 01:55 |
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No idea!
Simplify, then add beer
> cuts_off_prius
11/01/2013 at 02:02 |
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That video is 2 years old, and the ute used is even older. I'm guessing they just imported one and did a dashboard swap.
Quad4rods can apparently do the conversion for you if you've got the cash to flash. Can't say I'd be spending the cash for a 9 year old automatic ute!
offroadkarter
> Rainbow
11/01/2013 at 02:21 |
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$50 bucks says supply a donor
webmonkees
> cuts_off_prius
11/01/2013 at 04:05 |
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So. Darn. Close.
This is sad.
The ute and sportwagon are unlikely to follow the Holden Commodore sedan to North America when shipments recommence late next year.
Even though there are no trade barriers or engineering hurdles to overcome – and the Commodore ute would be an ideal modern-day Chevrolet El Camino – General Motors hierarchy has decided it doesn’t want the full line-up of cars in North America.
The Commodore ute is exempt from the 25 per cent import tariff on pick-ups in North America because of the Free Trade Agreement with Australia.
All the engineering work on a US version of the ute was done and paid for when the vehicle was intended to be sold there as a Pontiac. It got so close to becoming a showroom reality, it was unveiled by US rapper 50 Cent at the 2008 New York motor show.
But later that year the program was pulled when Pontiac got axed in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis.
The left-hand-drive ute program has sat idle ever since but could be revived at the press of a button.
Holden spokeswoman Kate Lonsdale says: “It’s a strategic decision to go with sedan. I don’t know what the volumes would be like with ute but [Chevrolet’s] focus is on the sedan.”
Holden says the Commodore sedan will be a “niche” performance model and the ute and wagon don’t fit into those plans.