Car OClock is my personal blog – because I live in Australia I will naturally write about Australian cars. I’ve owned several and driven many over the years. Naturally, I have my own opinions on all things cars, including Australian cars!
I/we have a real dilemma that’s been lurking for quite a while now. The Mustang GT has been the daily driver for the last three years now and, while I love it, my wife says she doesn’t want to drive it.
It might do, especially since I live in the land of the much-revered ute, which now seems to have transcended its work-a-day image and become desired by people who don’t know one end of a useful working tool from another ( the tray is for serious shopping at Ikea or Bunnings).…
I despair sometimes – bloody utes took first, second and fourth in overall Australian sales figures last month (December 2018). Really?
Assuming we haven’t all become ‘tradies’ overnight, I’m struggling to figure out what the appeal is. Utes are big, heavy, often ugly, hard to park, uneconomical, as aerodynamic as the average brick, have relatively crude suspension, so don’t ride or handle like a regular car, have relatively poor space for passengers and, while safety has improved, they still have a C of G equivalent of an office block.…