Terms and Vernacular

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
11/16/2017 at 12:00 • Filed to: UTE

You know what really bothers me? The non use of the term UTE.

To Start:

ute – an abbreviation for “utility” or “ !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ” – is a term used originally in !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to describe usually two-wheel-drive, traditionally passenger vehicles with a cargo tray in the rear integrated with the passenger body; as opposed to a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! whose cargo tray is not integrated with the passenger body.

When someone takes a Bel Air or a Ferrari or a 928 and makes it into a small pick up it’s then a UTE like the infamous Maloo. But some reason here in the US people call them all El Caminos. THEY ARE NOT EL CAMINOS!!! That was one model of UTE made by Chevrolet. That doesn’t make all UTEs El Caminos. Like the square, All El Caminos are UTEs, but not all UTEs are El Caminos.

UTE is a category like SUV and CUV. And thus the Jetta you hacked up and made into a vehicle with a utility bed YOU DID NOT magically make a Chevrolet product, you made a UTE.

I get it, it is like calling any hook and loop fastener Velcro or copy machines Xerox, but in this application it makes even less sense. And I would very much like it if publications and other enthusiast social media would start using the correct term. I am tired of them all being “El Caminos” because you don’t call the Ford Ranchero the Ford El Camino. If El Camino was a trim level then it would be different, but it isn’t. It is a model name!

DISCUSSION (29)

Chariotoflove > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 12:02

Thanks for that. Now I know how to trigger you when I get bored.

crowmolly > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 12:09

Pull up a chair and allow me to tell you a story about the “LS motor”.

Ssfancyfresh > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 12:13

All cola is Coke

All nasal tissue is Kleenex

All self adhesive bandages are Band-Aids

... and on and on

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Chariotoflove
11/16/2017 at 12:14

elcaminoelcaminoelcamino

and 100 more > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 12:19

Hold on, I’m going down to the 7-11 to grab a Coke.

Chariotoflove > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/16/2017 at 12:20

Think I’ll put a backpack on my wheelchair and call it an El Camino.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Chariotoflove
11/16/2017 at 12:28

Technically it has to be a backpack with a broken zipper though.

Party-vi > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 12:32

Kinja'd!!!

“Camino-ized” is the correct vernacular for you now that you are in the land of freedom. Ute refers to a young person.

Party-vi > Ssfancyfresh
11/16/2017 at 12:33

“PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET ME A selfadhesivebandage”

Doesn’t quite work.

Chariotoflove > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/16/2017 at 12:37

I think I have one of those. BRB...

CaptDale - is secretly British > Party-vi
11/16/2017 at 12:38

-_-

CaptDale - is secretly British > and 100 more
11/16/2017 at 12:55

Get me a Slurpee

diplodicus > Ssfancyfresh
11/16/2017 at 13:11

I hate when pop is colloquially referred to as coke.

Hey do you want a coke.

Sure

What kind?

Uh a coke.

Oh we only have diet rootbeer.

Based of an actual conversation I had with my Texas aunt.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Chariotoflove
11/16/2017 at 13:37

Kinja'd!!!

onimaC lE

Amoore100 > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 13:38

This is a car.

Kinja'd!!!

Ergo this is a ute.

Kinja'd!!!

CaptDale - is secretly British > Amoore100
11/16/2017 at 13:49

The Ridgeline, Brat, and Rampage are technically all Utes

Amoore100 > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 13:53

Ok, obviously the latter two. But the Ridgeline has been labelled a “truck”, whereas I doubt anyone is calling a Rampage a truck.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2017 at 14:09

It looks like the bed is separate, which would cause it to technically not meet this definition. (Though I agree that is basically is)

Chariotoflove > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
11/16/2017 at 14:20

onimaC lE

CaptDale - is secretly British > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/16/2017 at 14:43

Ok, well 1st gen is a ute, 2nd gen looks to be a truck

CaptDale - is secretly British > Amoore100
11/16/2017 at 14:44

Yeah, 1st gen is a UTE just like the Escalade EXT and the Avalanche, but the second gen is an actual truck.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Chariotoflove
11/16/2017 at 14:53

Watch the Stylo music video, and note the number of times they mirror imaged the shot. You can even see the driver and the El Camino logo that is over the driver’s size high beam in that picture.