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Australia helped invent the ute

A practical request from a Gippsland farmer helped inspire a vehicle design that became part of Australian life.

By Eugene Maslov, Founder and Finance Broker at Lendr360
Published 13 September 2026 · Last reviewed 24 September 2026

In 1932, a Gippsland farmer asked Ford for a vehicle that could take his wife to church on Sunday and carry pigs on Monday. Ford engineer Lew Bandt answered with the 1934 Coupe-Utility, designed and built in Geelong.

Source: Ford Australia