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Old 12-10-2008, 10:28 AM   #31
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And people in this forum tried to tell me (in a thread which was really popular but got deleted after a couple of days) that there is no market for a G Series Turbo FG Ute.

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Old 12-10-2008, 01:08 PM   #32
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pfffft there isnt even space behind the seats..... its true that its only competitor is the holden, a show pony useless at looking good and useless at is defined purpose in life a "UTE"

give me the engine though :P

Our FPV ute has done about 3 trips to the tip, never carried hay bales or bags of cement so therefore must be a waste of time as a ute.

I think it looks fantastic and would be a hoot to drive, very tail happy though. I love the overal look, fits in with the factory design elements of the BMW. The hard lid is awesome, carbon fibre construction and an awesome aluminium hinge set up. Where can I buy one, please

Some people love the look of a hot ute (like Tori and I) even though they do not use it as one. In fact if there weren't people like us there would not be enough of a market for utes such as Pursuit/Super Pursuit/XR 8/XR 6T/XR6/SS/Maloo etc because not enough tradies buy them to make the development financially viable. The sport utes are too compromised in design and too expensive for serious commercial use, who would want to spend $65k on a ute that is going to get trashed on building sites? It's not as if the fPV utes with hard cover are so usable as a ute, can't even carry a large esky upright.
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Old 12-10-2008, 01:13 PM   #33
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built by

southern rod and custom deniliquin nsw

approx 200g build cost
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Old 12-10-2008, 01:25 PM   #34
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Does the build cost include the buy price of the donor vehicle?
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as far as i know it doesnt

my father in law is good mates with shane rowe the owner of southern rod
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Old 12-10-2008, 01:50 PM   #37
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Incredible work when you look at the build shots, no slapped together fibreglass, all metal.

$200k on top of the buy price of the M5 would equal $300-400k, not an issue to a pro golfer I suppose. At least it is more unique than yet another golfer with a Lambo.
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