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Old 17 Aug 2017, 22:26 (Ref:3760043)   #251
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would be great if the utes were actually going to be that low.

The height is the biggest let down in my opinion
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Old 18 Aug 2017, 10:12 (Ref:3760129)   #252
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Old 18 Aug 2017, 11:14 (Ref:3760139)   #253
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I can still see no interest or excitement here whatso ever

We are gonna loose the V8 Aspect of the supercar series and now going to stinky diesel 4wd utes .. dam
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I can still see no interest or excitement here whatso ever

We are gonna loose the V8 Aspect of the supercar series and now going to stinky diesel 4wd utes .. dam
The top selling vehicle in Australia for Toyota and for Ford.... and Mitsubishi would like to be there too...

Not a lot of body roll in that video.. they were on road tyres so makes sense that the prototype wasn't being flogged...

32 of these things belting the crap out of each other will still be fun to watch, diesel or petrol or LPG...
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Old 18 Aug 2017, 19:12 (Ref:3760246)   #255
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I guess it will be fun just for the absurdity of it all. Seems like they failed to initiate any collaboration with the existing wealth of technical knowledge of the long-running Thai SuperPickUp series.
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Old 18 Aug 2017, 20:21 (Ref:3760260)   #256
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Old 18 Aug 2017, 23:24 (Ref:3760288)   #257
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I'd like to watch the video you know just for interest sake.... but when is supercars going to get with the program?

I don't have the flash player installed any more. Flash has been dead for nearly 2 years now. Everyone else can do HTML5 video. Why are these guys stuck in the dark ages?
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I'd like to watch the video you know just for interest sake.... but when is supercars going to get with the program?

I don't have the flash player installed any more. Flash has been dead for nearly 2 years now. Everyone else can do HTML5 video. Why are these guys stuck in the dark ages?
I have Flash & could see the footage. No smoke visible at all, which confirms what some posted ages ago and that's a good thing. Very quiet though (at least on this video) and still looks like it's jacked up pretty high - lower would look better.

If they have good fields of them and the racing is good, those things will probably be less of an issue.
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Old 19 Aug 2017, 09:54 (Ref:3760349)   #259
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I imagine the subframe under the rear to commonise the rear axle & suspension without chopping up the chassis itself could be the reason the SuperUtes sit so high..
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Old 19 Aug 2017, 15:02 (Ref:3760392)   #260
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Now that's a high roll centre if I've ever seen one.
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Old 21 Aug 2017, 02:06 (Ref:3760642)   #261
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Craig Dontas got behind the wheel of the Mitsubishi Triton ECB SuperUte at Sydney on the weekend
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Old 21 Aug 2017, 02:55 (Ref:3760646)   #262
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Quite underwhelming, looked like he was going up the road to get some lunch.
The rhetoric was amazing, pretty poorly put together propaganda.
There is nothing super about these.
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Quite underwhelming, looked like he was going up the road to get some lunch.
The rhetoric was amazing, pretty poorly put together propaganda.
There is nothing super about these.
maybe you're not the market, seems to be plenty of interest
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Old 21 Aug 2017, 03:46 (Ref:3760651)   #264
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I mean the current Utes look pretty slow everywhere.
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Old 21 Aug 2017, 04:05 (Ref:3760653)   #265
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maybe you're not the market, seems to be plenty of interest
I drive a 4WD of the Holden variety, it's a workhorse, not a race car. If I want to drive something interesting with a little bit of performance, I use my FPV enhanced XR8 ute. I have no desire whatsoever to watch these things.
It looks like a double decker bus and seems to handle like one.
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Old 21 Aug 2017, 04:11 (Ref:3760654)   #266
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I drive a 4WD of the Holden variety, it's a workhorse, not a race car. If I want to drive something interesting with a little bit of performance, I use my FPV enhanced XR8 ute. I have no desire whatsoever to watch these things.
It looks like a double decker bus and seems to handle like one.
thats cool, doesnt make you the market though. Plenty of people looking forward to them.

Im guessing youve never driven a double decker bus, you might find these handle significantly better
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I drive a 4WD of the Holden variety, it's a workhorse, not a race car. If I want to drive something interesting with a little bit of performance, I use my FPV enhanced XR8 ute. I have no desire whatsoever to watch these things.
It looks like a double decker bus and seems to handle like one.
Woah, hang on a minute​...

You keep a Holden and a Ford at the same address? Surely this can't be allowed.
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Old 21 Aug 2017, 07:21 (Ref:3760685)   #268
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Woah, hang on a minute​...

You keep a Holden and a Ford at the same address? Surely this can't be allowed.
Unfortunately yes, the two Fords and the Subaru are running like clockwork where the Holden is in the shed waiting for a new injection pump (Bloody Diesels)
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The article on the Holden race ute on Caradvice mentioned a race weight of 1800kg which will surely make racing safely a challenge, a lot of momentum involved. Also that engines will be limited to about 350hp/254kW.
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Plenty of people looking forward to them.
Define 'plenty'. And then tell me how you qualify that statement.
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Old 22 Aug 2017, 04:06 (Ref:3760852)   #271
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Define 'plenty'. And then tell me how you qualify that statement.
search of comments on Social media,

articles from people who have driven them

however here is the speedcafe Poll 40% were looking forward too it

im also sure there are plenty of people who, sometimes in ignorance, say they are not interested

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It'll produce some fun racing I'm sure and I'd be surprised if less people watched it than the outgoing series.

I reckon there's going to be some shunts due to the protruding wheels on these things though.
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i am sure these things will have a following, and I understand the drive behind manufacturers wanting to be able to race something that sells well and they make good profit on.

For me though I am just not sure they are going to be as well liked as the V8Utes.

They sounded great, and were taily and awesome. I remember watching it with my mate in Texas and he thought they were absolutely fantastic and subsequently went on to watch the V8 race at Bathurst.

Not sure the new utes are gonna do that. But the times are a changin'.
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search of comments on Social media,

articles from people who have driven them

however here is the speedcafe Poll 40% were looking forward too it

im also sure there are plenty of people who, sometimes in ignorance, say they are not interested
So the two or three people who have driven them and have a vested interest in promoting them on behalf of "Superutes" in Superutes promoted articles qualify as plenty.

Further, are you saying that people who disagree and are not interested are ignorant ??? What do you base this assumption of ignorance on. Please qualify your statement.
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So the two or three people who have driven them and have a vested interest in promoting them on behalf of "Superutes" in Superutes promoted articles qualify as plenty.

Further, are you saying that people who disagree and are not interested are ignorant ??? What do you base this assumption of ignorance on. Please qualify your statement.
Not sure how you concluded any of that from my post, you cherry picked words to make some odd conclusion
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