what would oppo UTE?

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 10/16/2020 at 15:15 • Filed to: None

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you want a ute, but most manufacturers wont give you a ute, but amazingly you won a contest at a local body shop that will take a vehicle of you choosing and turn it into a ute. What do you pick?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:28

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Base C5, so that I can carry extra tires in it when I go drifting

S65 > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:32

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A Odyssey or CR-V or something, common and you could probably get an older one for not a lot of money and beat the crap out if and you could still get parts. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:33

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Nissan Leaf.

Because I’m weird. 

OPPOsaurus WRX > S65 10/16/2020 at 15:35

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you’d probably have an easier time just lower ing a Ridgeline

OPPOsaurus WRX > BaconSandwich is tasty. 10/16/2020 at 15:36

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i dont think it would be that bad., maybe i’m weird too

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:36

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Mmmmmm, yes!

But realistically I want a muscle car ute. Something like this! Though if I’m being honest I’d ask for a shooting brake instead. 

punkgoose17 > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:37

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I was thinking the other day, the Dodge Charger would make an excellent ute.

S65 > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:38

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lol I forgot they were still making those, I haven’t seen one in a minute 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:39

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A mustang.

TheJWT > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:39

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C8 Corvette

DasWauto > punkgoose17 10/16/2020 at 15:40

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https://www.smythkitcars.com/charger-ute

hillrat > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:40

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This chonky boi

DasWauto > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:41

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A new Outback XT ute would suit me. I’d buy a new Baja if it existed. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:47

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It’s actually been done.  And I still like it.

shop-teacher > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:49

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Roadmaster Wagon.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 15:59

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Hmmm.....FIAT Panda?

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/16/2020 at 16:03

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OPPOsaurus WRX > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/16/2020 at 16:03

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OPPOsaurus WRX > DasWauto 10/16/2020 at 16:03

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this is a good answer.

OPPOsaurus WRX > shop-teacher 10/16/2020 at 16:04

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of course.  park it right next to my Allroad ute.

Poor_Sh > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:07

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Original Viper

whatisthatsound > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:07

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flatisflat > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:12

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A C8.  Obvs.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:13

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Counterpoint:

hillrat > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:15

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This one is amazing

Beefchips > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:21

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xjs is already almost there

shop-teacher > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:22

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Exactly.

sony1492 > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:25

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Me r cedes gle

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:31

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Fiesta ST

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:46

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Holden Maloo. Yes I know it’s already a Ute, put another bed on the back!!!

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:51

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El Camino.

Wait....

WilliamsSW > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 16:54

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Take all the weight off the back and I’ll have the ultimate burnout machine.  

Mark - Sixpots None The Richer > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 17:00

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First generation Porsche Panamera.

For all I know it seems to be a good car, but it’s ruined by ungainly proportions. So why not get rid of that ugl y rear end ?

Turns out others were thinking in the same direction. So something like this :

Future next gen S2000 owner > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 17:01

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All the things.

Noodles > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 17:05

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I like the Rinspeed Bedouin

just-a-scratch > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 17:08

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Probably nothing, but this would get some reactions and upset fanboys.

just-a-scratch > hillrat 10/16/2020 at 17:11

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What can I say? He  looks like the right guy for the car.

Brickman > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 17:14

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Acura NSX (1st gen) >:D

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 17:43

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Easy.

T o be honest though, the Opala almost got a Camino version between 1974 and 1975.

It was nicknamed Opalete by the press and was supposed to be released in 1974, however since the Opala line was going to be restyled in 1975 and the Caravan station wagon was already on its way, Chevrolet decided to mature the idea a little longer, which resulted in an actual, post facelift, prototype

Supposedly, the final model would feature longer doors, windows and a slanted b pillar, similar to the actual El Camino, but Chevrolet gave up on it due to cost and fear of cannibalizing the C series consumer base. This is probably the coolest Ute that never was though.

SmugAardvark > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 18:05

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Volvo 240. I want it almost badly enough to make it happen myself.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 18:11

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Hino 400 series cab over. And an Audi TT.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 18:58

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Honestly, it’s time for an EV ute.

Hear me out on this, they are already basically flat floor chassis with a low profile motor and all the driver/charger circuitry under the hood. So what is stopping them from just making a flat area behind the front seats all the way back?

onlytwowheels > shop-teacher 10/16/2020 at 19:19

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It’s been done.

onlytwowheels > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 19:37

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Urambo Tauro > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 19:40

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Man, h ard choice! Utes are such a rare sight in the wild that I don’t know where I’d even start if I had the chance to ute-ify something. I’d love to see a ute version of... well... everything !

OPPOsaurus WRX > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/16/2020 at 19:41

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Eerything should be offered as either sure or shooting brake

OPPOsaurus WRX > Beefchips 10/16/2020 at 19:42

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Ya it is, that would be cool

OPPOsaurus WRX > Brickman 10/16/2020 at 19:44

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I don't think that would work

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 19:45

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I’m going to assume you meant Ute there and that is indeed a world I’d like to live in. Except everything is offered as both a ute and a shooting brake. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > onlytwowheels 10/16/2020 at 19:46

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Oh, yes please!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Noodles 10/16/2020 at 19:47

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Why does this exist? 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/16/2020 at 19:48

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Close enough.

ranwhenparked > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/16/2020 at 20:42

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MINI Cooper Hardtop - basically a Red Bull car without the big can on top

OPPOsaurus WRX > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/16/2020 at 21:23

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yea, must have been my phone auto correctin g

Noodles > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/16/2020 at 21:23

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Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

shop-teacher > onlytwowheels 10/16/2020 at 21:35

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I dig it!

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 10/17/2020 at 01:10

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Quite a bit actually. Very few platforms are engineered to be sufficiently rigid on their own. They need a body over them (and in quite a few cases, front and rear glass) to be stiff enough to cope with engine inputs, suspension inputs and basic physics. Utes don’t really have bodies - past the b pillar there’s generally bugger all body to give stiffness to the floorpan.

Holden got around this with the last ute by shortening the entire platform (cutting it off at the B pillar), creating a new rear wall for the cab then hanging a entirely new rear chassis section off that wall.

To get an EV sedan platform to work as a ute it would need to be engineered like a skateboard...and no-one has got anything like this to market...yet. Despite numerous concepts over the last couple of decades.

Taylor Martin > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/18/2020 at 17:48

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1959 Cadillac Meteor Hearse so I can have an extra L O N G ute... and maybe a haunted spirit that’ll chill with me on long drives