Ute

The Maloo is one of those cars that is sort of ugly, but entirely awesome. The El Camino-like Vauxhall Maloo LSA you see here is the fastest truck in the UK. The speed comes thanks to a new supercharged V8 engine that Vauxhall has dropped under the hood of the car.

While Australia’s Holden plant is expected to shut down in 2017, they still have a few good cars rolling off the assembly line – not the least of which is the insane HSV Maloo GTS – a pimped-out utility wagon (or “ute” as they call them down under.)

Holden Special Vehicles pushes the limits of what can be done with a Ute with the ultimate performance, limited edition Holden GTS Maloo. With bold styling all around and a giant 6.2-liter supercharged LSA V8 engine under the hood.

Thanks to the Ford Falcon, Australia has one of the more impressive and powerful Fords on the roads today. And since people apparently have to haul around a lot of stuff down under, they’ve got an updated pickup/utility variant coming for 2015 as well – looking decidedly better than the outgoing model, thanks to a completely overhauled front-end.