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Car as an abbreviation of carriage would be perfectly correct tbh.
Semi-strange question - why L322 is a 'truck'?
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it looks like a car.. it sounds like a car...
don't agree on the seats though.. i've driven many 7.5t iveco and the seats were always poor
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Just to help clarify things, my Freelander is a utility vehicle, but we generally just call it a "ute" for short
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You can utilise a car for many different purposes. Depending on size
The P38 is not a "truck" which is an Americanism. It's a "car". If you read the other forum that has loads of Yanks contributing they always call the P38 a "truck" even though they occasionally get corrected by the Brits.
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Ours is called a bus. It's a 38' not a l322 mind. 
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It is generally considered anything north of Watford is 'Up North' if you ask me!
They insist on calling it a 'Rover' too.
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blasted yanks, attacking our heritage like that
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I got asked this week.. why does your range rover leave a land rover badge on the steering wheel, is it a replacement?
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Nobody gets that
it's a range rover made by land-rover... The answer is usually "but it says range rover on the bonnet" 
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It's a car, van, or (pick up) truck depending on configuration
Maybe called truck because of the body-on-chassis and general slowness
Maybe called truck because of the body-on-chassis and general slowness
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Slow they ain't, you have obviously never driven a Pajero auto.
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Yep they're good motors
Was looking at from the lens of a diesel lump 110 that is only just capable of breaking the national speed limit
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L322 is unibody. And could be had with a supercharged V8 with 500+hp or a thumping 4.4 TDV8. Slow they ain’t.
And even back in the day the 4.6 p38 wasn’t slow when you compared to period vehicles.
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Would love to do a V8 swap one day, TD5 is ok but a V8 with autobox would transform it
And never really thought of the L322 as being a truck, it's an incredibly refined 4x4 large estate car
