How Well Do You Think A Ute Would Sell In America?

"S65" (granthp) 10/14/2016 at 23:10 • Filed to: Holden, Ute, Holden Ute

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I mean most truck buyers don’t offroad their trucks, we’ve already got the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Surely this can’t be that bad of any idea right?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:16

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Not amazingly.

jimz > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:17

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you realize we had them at one time, right? The El Camino, Ranchero, and Rampage/Scamp were all utes, and they fizzled out. stop acting like we need something we don’t want just because it’s popular in another country.

TheHondaBro > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:18

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The number of Utes in the picture you posted contains more Utes than would be sold in the US.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:18

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We came so close, I would’ve bought one.

Wobbles the Mind > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:19

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Exactly like a cheap sportscar. A bunch of sales the first two or three years then the market would cutout completely as everyone that wants something that different badly enough to spend $30k-$40k on one new will have that itch scratched. Then about 33% will go for whatever new version comes out after that model run (if any) but all those unsold year 4 and 5 models will drop the values astronomically to the point where owning a new 2nd generation ute would be financial suicide.

HammerheadFistpunch > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:19

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A car based truck? So good...

S65 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 10/14/2016 at 23:19

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I’d be surprised if they made it to 20,000 units, unfortunately

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:19

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Terribly. If it doesn’t have 4 doors, or access doors, it will not sell here.

scoob > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:21

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It’d sell so well that no company would ever consider trying to justify even attempting to suggest selling this.

for Michigan > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:21

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“If a truck has no capability that will not be exploited, it’s not worth owning.” - America

Probenja > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:25

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Close enough:

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > TheHondaBro 10/14/2016 at 23:25

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Wrong, I would match that number.

shop-teacher > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:25

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Poorly, unfortunately. I wants one so bad!

PS9 > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:26

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Poorly. Just like the old Ridgeline and likely the new one.

S65 > Probenja 10/14/2016 at 23:26

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What is that

Birddog > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:26

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Six. It would sell roughly six copies.

The Chevy “SS” (give it a damn name you lazy assholes!) is already here and has just enough takers to justify itself. (Barely. My 74 year old Dad still thinks it’s the RWD version of his 2011 Impala..)

Unless every Hillbilly suddenly hits the Redneck 401k? A new “El Camino” would be a flop.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:28

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I’m pretty sure there’s a reason that Subaru no longer makes the Baja or the Brat.

Probenja > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:34

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A Rebadged Fiat Strada, sold as a Ram 700 in Mexico. The Fiat Strada is a small pick up based on the Brazilean Fiat Palio.

That one in the image has 3 doors and a front LSD for some off road ability.

And there is a more basic “Work” trim.

TheHondaBro > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/14/2016 at 23:39

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0 times anything is still 0.

dogisbadob > S65 10/14/2016 at 23:54

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pickup cars are awesome!

If GM could have a low starting price, it will succeed. They should call it the GMC El Camino. GMC would have a unique product in their brand, and the El Camino name has brand cachet. (Yeah I know there was a GMC Caballero, but it’s not as well-known)

Base V6 starting in the low 20s or even below 20k

Then a V6 model with more features

And of course, a V8

and finally, an SS version

Pistol Whipped Cream > S65 10/15/2016 at 00:10

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I think that’s the problem. Not enough people use their trucks as trucks here in the US. If more people actually used their trucks I think there would be more of a demand.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > S65 10/15/2016 at 00:56

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Been there, done that - never again...

(if there’s no image I’ve been Kinja’d again like almost every one of my posts in the last week...)

DanZman > S65 10/15/2016 at 01:46

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It would sell poorly and not because of lack of demand. They would price it wrong and we would end up with the same problem as the SS sedan.

jimz > Pistol Whipped Cream 10/15/2016 at 06:35

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The problem is they’re almost all two-seat vehicles. Two-seaters are an absolute non starter in the US for anything except sports/performance cars. We don’t even buy regular cab pickup trucks anymore; crew cabs are something like 70% of F-150 production.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > S65 10/15/2016 at 07:45

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I would buy a Falcon Ute in a heartbeat especially with a coyote heart in it.

they-will-know-my-velocity > S65 10/15/2016 at 09:57

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I know they’d sell at least a handful. Most of my friends want one.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > Wobbles the Mind 10/15/2016 at 19:52

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Well said. I pretty much don’t have to make a response since you nailed it.

Except to add, I also would have bought one.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/15/2016 at 19:52

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As would have I.

Thanks a lot, Obama.

Nauraushaun > S65 10/17/2016 at 06:50

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Is it 30 metres long? Does it weigh more than 10 tonne? If not, it’s not capable to fulfill the needs of literally any person in America and will not sell.

CaptDale - is secretly British > S65 10/17/2016 at 12:40

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All the unit!!!!

S65 > CaptDale - is secretly British 10/17/2016 at 12:43

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Would you buy one?

CaptDale - is secretly British > S65 10/17/2016 at 12:45

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In a heart beat. As long as I could have a HSV rebadged as a GXP. But then again I would love to be the guy in charge of resurrecting the Pontiac name to sell performance cars.

S65 > CaptDale - is secretly British 10/17/2016 at 12:50

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I’d get a LS3 powered one with a tow hitch

CaptDale - is secretly British > S65 10/17/2016 at 12:59

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LSA with a tow hitch