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In 1934, as the result of a request from a Victorian farmer, Ford Australia combined the cab of its newly released Ford Coupe body with the well-type load area of their roadster utility, producing the first of the 'Coupe Utilities'.

Both the Coupe Utility and the Roadster Utility continued in production, but the improving economy of the mid to late 30s & the desire for a little comfort saw coupe utility sales climb at the expense of the roadster ute until by 1939, the roadster ute was all but a fading memory. No car maker offered a roadster ute when car production restarted after WW2.

Both the Coupe utility & Closed Cab pickup designs migrated to light truck chassis & these are correctly known respectively as Utility trucks & Pickup trucks. The Pickup design found a natural home on the smaller truck chassis while the ute became entrenched as a passenger car derivitave, so that no modern manufacturer offers a pickup [passenger car based] or a utility 'truck' today.

ute, [pronounced 'yute'] in Australian English and New Zealand English usage, short for " utility", the Australasian alternative to the North American pickup, and pickup truck.

Like the US pickup which was also originally based on a passenger car chassis, the Aussie ute has its origins in the open top passenger car models of the mid 1920's.

The Australian utility started its life as a production model, with its unique one piece body from the rear of the door opening back to the rearmost of the vehicle, in 1924. The pickup, on the other hand, started it's life a little earlier & is defined by its separate, & removeable, well-type 'pickup bed'. This pickup bed does not contact the cabin part of the vehicle, while the ute bed is an integral part of the whole body.

The ute body-type was first available in Chevrolet then Dodge models, the bodies of which were made by Holden under contract, & they were essentially an extention of the open top roadster design, but with a 'well' type cargo area instead of the roadster turtledeck. These were known as roadster utilities. This basic design quickly gained in popularity & became available as either a standard offering, or special order body from a number of car makers in Australia by 1929.