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LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES<br />
Lifestyle Utes<br />
OFF-ROAD<br />
RIPPERS<br />
A<br />
WORDS SCOTT NEWMAN, BYRON MATHIOUDAKIS, LOUIS CARDONY AND EVAN SPENCE<br />
IMAGES ELLEN DEWAR, ALASTAIR BROOK AND CRISTIAN BRUNELLI<br />
four-way<br />
showdown<br />
between lifestyle<br />
utes for those who<br />
like to venture on<br />
the wild side<br />
It took dual-cab ute<br />
manufacturers a while to catch<br />
on that lot of buyers seem to<br />
immediately modify their utes but<br />
they have certainly done so now.<br />
The end result is the four utes you<br />
see here: the Ford Ranger Raptor;<br />
Jeep Gladiator Rubicon; Mazda<br />
BT-50 Thunder; and Toyota HiLux<br />
Rugged X. We have dubbed these the<br />
‘lifestyle’ quartet, primarily because<br />
they are aimed at buyers who want<br />
to play just as much as they want to<br />
work. Arguably more.<br />
How they look is as important<br />
as what they can do and it is the<br />
butch, beefed-up Ford Ranger Raptor<br />
that has clearly been hitting the<br />
gym hardest.<br />
It is a whopping 161mm wider<br />
84 <strong>ATN</strong> July 2021 FULLYLOADED.COM.AU
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