The roots of the 1957 Ranchero, however, really go «Down Underneath» to the land of eucalyptus bushes, koala bears, and kangaroos. Ford of Australia, it may very well be argued, introduced the first true Ranchero in 1932 — the Utility. Sheep ranchers, meanwhile, affectionately shortened the title to «Ute.» This was a roadster with the body section behind the driver replaced by a fleetside bed, which was flush with the doorways and an integral a part of the body.
The second roof, for дверь входная a four-window hardtop sedan, used the «cantilever» or «flying wing» silhouette. This was Normal Motors’ very flat, thin upper with a raked, wrap-round rear window. The flying wing appeared on Basic Motors vehicles ranging in measurement from the Corvair to the Cadillac, and was an replace of the corporate «flattop» two-door hardtop model of 1959-1960.
But with XJ manufacturing averaging 25,000-30,000 models per yr, tiny Jaguar found all these permutations tough to handle. This partly explains why Jaguar high quality — which was by no means that distinctive anyway — slipped even further through the Seventies. Because it did, so did the make’s already tarnished reputation, especially in America. Before long, there was more cynicism than good humor in jokes like «You always want to buy two Jags: one to run, the other to be in repair.»