Being an unabashed ute fan who wouldn't crawl over the Roseanne Barr of utes to get to the Miranda Kerr of vans, I wonder how things may have been if the General hadn't axed utes after the WB until he introduced the VG. With the development lead times required I imagine that the decision was made at least a year or two prior to the end of the WB and I haven't seen any material to suggest a replacement was planned up until the last minute.
Would we have seen a;
WH ute in 81/82
WK ute in 1984
WL ute in 1986
Would they have shared the appearance of the commodore models that they may have mirrored?
Would they have been 6 cyl only or would the V8 option have been the black 5.0 followed by 4.9 with no small V8?
Would they have lost all the charm and beauty of the World's Best WB?
Would the WB be as popular today if production had never ceased and it's successor so radically different in appearance?
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