VE Ute spy shots

[BadMac]

Taken in Melborne by a member PaulyT from Dirt Bike World.

[Venomous]

The overhang on the back looks massive.
Looks kinda... weird

[ClevlndStemer]

cab chassis?

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by ClevlndStemer

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.

[gngtho]

yuk yuk yuk yuk, dont know wat else to say.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Cab Chassis?

Doesnt look like it.

[AUsome]

Originally Posted by Venomous

The overhang on the back looks massive.
Looks kinda... weird

Not wrong there mate

[bodes-sh]

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

[Dave_au]

Interesting that Motor was trying to say that the VE ute wouldn't be a go-ahead.

[fordOwner]

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!

[302XLS]

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[uranium_death]

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.

[Bill_R]

hate the paint job ;)

[Jayden]

wow that paint is really hiding the shape. what oh what will it look like, the suspense is killing me.

(note sarcasm)

[Bucknaked]

The tray is seperated from the cabin now.

[Xitdxr]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

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.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

The tray is seperated from the cabin now.

No its not??

Look at the pics?? thats black tape running down the side.

[apolloxbgt]

Why cover the front?It's very clear what kind of car it is.

[DEVL-XR]

Looks like a VU ute with a VE front.

BTW it's not seperated, its black tape as mentioned above.

[Martys_EL_V8]

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*

[xr8ute]

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

[apolloxbgt]

Originally Posted by xr8ute

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.

[Richo72]

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?

[herbs]

Ugly POS, anyway, no cab chassis model = me not buying one.

[Grum]

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.

[Ryan]

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)

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by Grum

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.

[Mechan1k]

The ute section doesn't look any larger than the current full-body models ... the camo (not that it's hiding much) kinda makes it look a little larger in the back ... but with the raking rear pillar from the roof ... it looks like the ute section starts further back.

I doubt carrying capacities will change much from the current VZ utes.

[apolloxbgt]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

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.

The holden cab chassis was dropped at the end of the vy's,so a ve version would be highly unlikly imo.

[Dazza XLT]

Originally Posted by apolloxbgt

The holden cab chassis was dropped at the end of the vy's,so a ve version would be highly unlikly imo.

We have a VZ Cab Chassis at work.