page_title: Ute (vehicle)
section_title: Proton
hierarchical_section_title: Ute (vehicle) / Asian-built models / Proton
caption_attribution_description: Front-side shot of a Proton Arena (with a solid bed cover), in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
context_page_description: A ute, originally an abbreviation for "utility" or "coupé utility", is a term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe vehicles with a tonneau behind the passenger compartment, that can be driven with a regular driver's license.
  Traditionally the term referred to vehicles built on passenger car chassis and with the cargo tray integrated with the passenger body. However, present-day usage of the term "ute" in Australia and New Zealand has expanded to include any vehicle with an open cargo area at the rear; which would be called a pickup truck in other countries.
  The Australian ute is claimed to have been invented by Ford in 1934; however, similar vehicles had been in production in the United States since the 1920s. Production of Australian designed utes ceased in 2017, when local production of the Holden Commodore finished.
context_section_description: Between 2002-2010, the Proton Jumbuck was sold in Australia as a ute.
caption: Proton Jumbuck
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