Baby's got bakkie

Baby's Got Bakkie

Well now that it's official U.S. policy to conserve energy (for the moment); maybe it's the time to introduce the USA to a class of vehicle that is popular in several areas but is not available here. I'm talking about bakkies. What's a bakkie? In the strictest sense, "bakkie" is the South African term for a pick-up truck, any pick-up truck, but internationally, bakkie is a car-based compact truck. Two major examples are the Fiesta-based Ford Bantam, and the Opal Corsa Utility. See the link for more on the Opel.

Current GM policy is to phase Opel models into the Saturn line-up. It would be interesting to see if the Opel Zafira MPV (which I wrote about a couple weeks ago) and the Corsa Utility could make their way to the USA.