Kevan
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"To Whom It May Concern:
It has come to my attention that the Dodge Ram SRT-10 is no longer listed as the World's Fastest Production Truck. After further investigation regarding this claim, I have found that your listing is flawed, simply by definiton of what a truck really is.
According to Wikipedia, the definition of "truck" is:
"In North America, the word pickup generally refers to a small or medium sized truck, rather than vehicles based on passenger cars. This light commercial vehicle features a separate cabin and rear load area (separate cargo bed). Two North American vehicles, the Chevrolet El Camino and Ford Ranchero were passenger car-based vehicles with integrated cargo bed, but were not generally referred to as pickup trucks (see Coupe Utility below).
Many pickups have short rigid sides and an opening rear gate, while others have a flat tray back. This type of vehicle is known in Australia and New Zealand as a ute or utility (from "utility vehicle"), in South Africa as a bakkie (pronounced "bucky"), and in Israel as a tender. Panel vans, a kind of van, popular in Australia during the 1970s, were based on a ute chassis."
LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_truck
This clearly states a difference between a "Pickup Truck", a "Ute", and a "Coupe Utility".
Althought very few in the automotive world distinguish between a 'ute' and a pickup truck, I believe that your publication should. If not purely for clarification and defining (as your publication has done for decades, with authority), then for future education of those who do not know the difference, or live in other parts of the world where certain vehicles are not brought to their particular market.
If you continue with your current defintion, then Dodge could simply leave the trunk lid off a new Viper Coupe and it would be classified as a "truck" that could easily break the current world speed record for that class.
If you were to separate the vehicles appropriately into 'truck' and 'ute' (or 'coupe utility') categories, then each vehicle would remain the world's fastest, respectively.
I am not out to spite the current listing in your publication. I am sure they are fine folks and have obviously done a great job with their vehicle and getting it into the record books. I would simply like the definitions to be made as clear as possible, for everyone's sake. I believe that your publication would be the best place to start.
I thank you for your time, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely and without malice,
Kevan J. Geier
Owner- 2005 Dodge Ram SRT-10
Member- Viper Truck Club of America (www.VTCOA.com)"
It has come to my attention that the Dodge Ram SRT-10 is no longer listed as the World's Fastest Production Truck. After further investigation regarding this claim, I have found that your listing is flawed, simply by definiton of what a truck really is.
According to Wikipedia, the definition of "truck" is:
"In North America, the word pickup generally refers to a small or medium sized truck, rather than vehicles based on passenger cars. This light commercial vehicle features a separate cabin and rear load area (separate cargo bed). Two North American vehicles, the Chevrolet El Camino and Ford Ranchero were passenger car-based vehicles with integrated cargo bed, but were not generally referred to as pickup trucks (see Coupe Utility below).
Many pickups have short rigid sides and an opening rear gate, while others have a flat tray back. This type of vehicle is known in Australia and New Zealand as a ute or utility (from "utility vehicle"), in South Africa as a bakkie (pronounced "bucky"), and in Israel as a tender. Panel vans, a kind of van, popular in Australia during the 1970s, were based on a ute chassis."
LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_truck
This clearly states a difference between a "Pickup Truck", a "Ute", and a "Coupe Utility".
Althought very few in the automotive world distinguish between a 'ute' and a pickup truck, I believe that your publication should. If not purely for clarification and defining (as your publication has done for decades, with authority), then for future education of those who do not know the difference, or live in other parts of the world where certain vehicles are not brought to their particular market.
If you continue with your current defintion, then Dodge could simply leave the trunk lid off a new Viper Coupe and it would be classified as a "truck" that could easily break the current world speed record for that class.
If you were to separate the vehicles appropriately into 'truck' and 'ute' (or 'coupe utility') categories, then each vehicle would remain the world's fastest, respectively.
I am not out to spite the current listing in your publication. I am sure they are fine folks and have obviously done a great job with their vehicle and getting it into the record books. I would simply like the definitions to be made as clear as possible, for everyone's sake. I believe that your publication would be the best place to start.
I thank you for your time, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely and without malice,
Kevan J. Geier
Owner- 2005 Dodge Ram SRT-10
Member- Viper Truck Club of America (www.VTCOA.com)"
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