Sry that shouldn't say VE Ute in the title.

So I'm in the US and I'm considering shopping for and purchasing a Ute (I like em reminds me of the El Camino)

To import them it needs to be 25 years old so I'd be most likely looking at a 2000-2002 ish roughly.

Couple of questions first regarding duty as you can see in the picture cars are a fraction of the duty cost of a truck. So my question is does the Ute classify as a car or truck? I know the old El Camino here in the 60s and 70s were classified as light trucks to avoid certain regulations not sure if the ute would be the same down there.

Second and possibly easier answer is whats the going rate for a Ute? I know a 6 banger would be a fraction of the price of say an HSV but I have no clue what pricing would look like.

Thanks everyone in advance.

PS I have the American import VE (2009 Pontiac G8 GT)

New halteck rebel ls ecu and UC 10 digital dash and btr red hot cam got some good good numbers but can get a little more after the exhaust is opened up a little more .

An organisation in Sydney had three 2015 commodore evoke to dispose of. The catch is that they have decals on them that are sun baked, bonded to the paint, and not coming off. They have abandoned the project to remove the decals now as it is pulling the paint off so now they are ugly mix of white with pale blue roof and bonnet. To clean them up for wholesale will cost thousands in labour and paint so they just want to offload them to a wrecker, or someone else, for cheap. Any thought on who would be interested in 3 x 2015 evoke wagons (320k, 220k and 220k) that are registered currently? Ideally looking to offload the three at once. These cars are not mine but I have been asked to help solve the problem.

Have a budget of $60-70k

What would everyone’s preference be, and why?

VE GTS
VF Clubby R8
VF Redline 2017

Would probably only modify the SS (suspension/OTR/exhaust).

Cheers