Hey all,
I got a 1998 Civic Sedan for free recently. I want to use it as a winter beater, and as such I’ve been thinking of silly mods to do to it. Somebody told me to make a Ute. Now I’m obsessed. I carry a lot of large volume, low weight cargo; I don’t really drive with more than one passenger; I don’t like four doors; I carry bicycles and my sub-200lb scooter around; I don’t pull or tow anything. A Ute seems like a good idea to me.
What about the aero of modern utes, though? I can’t really find much info on drag coefficients or anything really. Just modern pickup trucks. Holden seems to be on the ball with it with their HSV Commodore “Maloo” Ute. I love the look of it.
Anybody ever mod one? Same or less drag than a notchback? Cool aero ideas for the rear end? Open to anything you guys know about them. Only thing I’ve ever seen in person was a 70’s El Camino.