Ford Australia designer Lew Bandt created the concept of a car-based pickup known as a “ute ... lot like the American Southwest in the 1957 Ford Ranchero sales brochure, the Spanish word ...

The Ford Ranchero debuted on December 8, 1956, as a 1957 model and was in continuous ... the Ranchero was to be a “passenger car-type pickup to be built utilizing the station wagon (Ranch ...

At the height of the El Camino's relative popularity, Pontiac floated a similar idea with the El Catalina, though only one ...