NO, it’s not the AU.

Come the end of 2017, the last ever Australian ute will have rolled down a Clayton production line. The final HSV Gen F2 Maloo GTSR will hold the title of most powerful Aussie ute, but it won’t be the greatest according to you, our readers.

That title goes to the FPV FG II F6 ute. And you know what? It’s not a bad choice at all.

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While the FPV wasn’t the last ute to have Ford’s venerable 4.0-litre turbo straight-six ‘Barra’ engine under its hood, it will forever be the most powerful boosted Ford ute.

The good folks at Ford Performance Vehicles turned the wick up on the iconic Aussie-designed and built Barra engine, pushing the F6 ute’s power output to 310kW at 5500rpm, and torque to 565Nm from just 1950rpm through to 5200rpm.

The FPV FG F6 came with an option of two transmissions, a Tremec six-speed manual, or ZF six-speed automatic. Brembo brakes were also available.

Of the votes cast in our greatest ute poll, the FPV FG F6 received an impressive 37 percent, with the GTSR Maloo the best of the rest with 21 percent. In third was genesis, the Ford ’34 Coupe Utility that started it all, with 12 percent of the votes.

While FPV was owned by UK-company Prodrive, the FG F6 ute was still quintessentially Australian, engineered by locals, for locals, with a True Blue engine under the hood, and in the most fair dinkum bodystyle.

A worthy winner, if we do say so ourselves.