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Hey, that's not that ba... No, no wait. Yes it is that bad. What is it supposed to be? A ugly pick up truck? A ugly car (not Aztek ugly, but still ugly)? A ugly pick up truck somebody transformed into a sort of ugly car?

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Hey, that's not that ba... No, no wait. Yes it is that bad. What is it supposed to be? A ugly pick up truck? A ugly car (not Aztek ugly, but still ugly)? A ugly pick up truck somebody transformed into a sort of ugly car?

Is it a pickoupe?

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This week's car is a 2002-2010 Proton Arena, known as a "Jumbuck" in certain countries.

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A Proton? Never heard of it.

Malaysian.

Based on Mitsubishi tooling and guts. Found mostly in Oz, South Africa, a few in Britain. I first encountered one while having some dealings with the SA factory that manufactures the Superformance kit cars.

It's "Jumbuck" export name is derived from the Australian Aboriginal word for article-0-14215CE0000005DC-388_468x602.j

Edited by Ace-Garageguy
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There were some Protons in Europe, back in the 90's, especially in UK, and in rally championships.

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Putting this next to the Holden ute they look like Proton used the same design and put a shrink ray on it. That rear end treatment looks like an aftermarket add on, or a way to get around the import tariffs imposed on bringing complete pickups into the country, that is one of the reasons why you don't see Subaru importing Brats, Toyota and Mitsubishi and others got around it by shipping cabs and beds separate and putting them together in the states, kind of a loophole but it worked.

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