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Sometimes sophisticated industrial processes are over-rated. Sure, we love the hand-wrought\u00a0curve of fine steel wrapped around a frame and some rolling gear. But luscious curves \u00a0alone do not a cool motor make.<\/p>\n

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The Americans, in particular, have always known how to construct a good-looking box-on-wheels. It wasn’t just the stoic Swedes at Volvo who knew the beauty of form following function.<\/p>\n

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Many an angular hunk of automotive goodness has been manufactured in the name of utility right out of the foundries and production lines of Detroit.<\/p>\n

We can’t be the only ones who have gazed longingly \u00a0out of airliners’ port holes at the ultimate utility vehicles \u2013 that’s right: those beauties that trundle around airport aprons. But could a milk-float ever be cool?<\/p>\n

We think with the right box-like stripped-down aesthetic, there’s no reason why not. Just look at this hunkered down Stud.<\/p>\n

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There’s no need to bend too much metal to make a cool car<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,110],"tags":[2017,2659,1227,2015],"class_list":["post-11855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-blog","tag-design","tag-swedish","tag-swedish-cars","tag-volvo","manufacturers-volvo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUtilitarian American Pickups with Style | Influx magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Box-on-wheels" does not have to be disparaging - Our homage to american vehicles which prove that functionality does not have to compromise aesthetic appeal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/hip-square-american-trucks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Utilitarian American Pickups with Style | Influx magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""Box-on-wheels" does not have to be disparaging - 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