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Old 17-04-2007, 10:36 PM   #1
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Old 17-04-2007, 10:38 PM   #2
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The overhang on the back looks massive.
Looks kinda... weird
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:14 PM   #3
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The overhang on the back looks massive.
Looks kinda... weird
Not wrong there mate
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:01 PM   #4
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cab chassis?
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:03 PM   #5
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cab chassis?
definitely seems to be more room there.

It would be about time, Ford been killing them in that department. You can guess what the front and rear will look like anyway, its just the fine details that I am interested in.
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:13 PM   #6
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yuk yuk yuk yuk, dont know wat else to say.
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:14 PM   #7
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Cab Chassis?

Doesnt look like it.
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:14 PM   #8
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to me it still looks like it's all one piece...
on another note, i don't know why they bother covering it up, we all know what the ve sedan looks like
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:31 PM   #9
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Interesting that Motor was trying to say that the VE ute wouldn't be a go-ahead.
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Old 19-04-2007, 01:45 AM   #10
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Interesting that Motor was trying to say that the VE ute wouldn't be a go-ahead.
Just thinkin the same thing there mate.
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:49 PM   #11
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I think they are trying to fool us into thinking its a Ford with that blackline down the back of the cab, But the rims give it away in an instant! - Its funny they spend a BILLION dollars on a new Commodore but Holden still uses the same stock rims and cente caps they have used for the last 20yrs!
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Old 17-04-2007, 11:55 PM   #12
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Old 18-04-2007, 12:05 AM   #13
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The VE ute will look the same as a VZ except the front will look a bit different. The back will look the same. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Old 18-04-2007, 09:07 AM   #14
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The VE ute will look the same as a VZ except the front will look a bit different. The back will look the same. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Ummm, not sure on this, i saw 5 Different VE utes at Chirnside BP the other day and the tub looks like it has kinda sedan like rear tail lights, not the same as the VE sedan tail lights, but its definatley not the same as the VZ tail.
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Old 18-04-2007, 01:26 AM   #15
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hate the paint job ;)
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Old 18-04-2007, 03:53 AM   #16
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wow that paint is really hiding the shape. what oh what will it look like, the suspense is killing me.

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Old 18-04-2007, 06:04 AM   #17
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The tray is seperated from the cabin now.
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Old 18-04-2007, 09:14 AM   #18
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The tray is seperated from the cabin now.
No its not??

Look at the pics?? thats black tape running down the side.
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Old 21-04-2007, 07:43 PM   #19
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No its not??

Look at the pics?? thats black tape running down the side.
Your right. At first glance it looks like it is seperate
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Old 18-04-2007, 09:21 AM   #20
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Why cover the front?It's very clear what kind of car it is.
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Old 18-04-2007, 09:36 AM   #21
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Looks like a VU ute with a VE front.

BTW it's not seperated, its black tape as mentioned above.
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Old 18-04-2007, 09:40 AM   #22
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the overhang looks like they have used a standard sedan chassis and dropped the VU tray on it with altered wheel arches..

but its the VE... *yawn*
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Old 18-04-2007, 12:39 PM   #23
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the overhang looks like they have used a standard sedan chassis and dropped the VU tray on it with altered wheel arches..

but its the VE... *yawn*
Yes the VE ute and Sportswagon will run on the sedan's SWB.

Overhang is probably larger because they stretched it to make the tub a (half) decent size.

With the amount of flaring behind the rear of the cab, it will make a very inefficient cab chassis.
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Yep, just looks like a VE front stitched onto the current Commy ute.

Kind of like what Ford did with the XH utes....EF front on XD rear :P
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Yep, just looks like a VE front stitched onto the current Commy ute.

Kind of like what Ford did with the XH utes....EF front on XD rear :P
Have a closer look,there is a bit more in it than that.

Rear wheel arches,sill panels,doors are all different,and while the quarters may look very similar along the top edge,they are a different shape to the vu-z.

I couldn't see them using the same taillight,mabey an evalution of the old one,time will tell.
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Ugly POS, anyway, no cab chassis model = me not buying one.
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Looks like the distance between read of cab and rear wheels is less forcing a larger rear overhang to get a decent sized tray??

Based on a SWB maybe?
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Holden said ages ago that the VE ute was based on the SWB models, this had been said in a few of the ute mags.
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Old 18-04-2007, 10:49 AM   #29
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It looks oversized.

Don't know if I like it or not. Probably best if we see a pic of the thing uncovered.

I've always like the Holden utes. (Well not the VP model)
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Holden said ages ago that the VE ute was based on the SWB models, this had been said in a few of the ute mags.
Thats interesting because the ute in those pictures is quite clearly a LWB chassis. Also, there is no cab chassis, its the same format as the VU based ute but to say its just a VZ tray with a VE front bolted on is totally wrong. Not sure if there is going to be a traytop/1 tonne option like the current ute but I would say they would as their production line is already set up for it.

Personally I like it. That antenna on the roof looks stupid though.
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