皮卡汽车（Pick Up Car）：英文Pick Up的译音。Pick Up的原意为拾起，捡起和途中上货 等意思，这里意指使用方便的轻型客货两用车。此车型亦轿亦卡，是一种采用轿车车头和驾驶室，同时带有敞开式货车车厢的车型。最常见的皮卡车型是双排皮卡，这种车型是目前保有量最大，也是人们在市场上见得最多的皮卡。
费油的皮卡和越野车现在占汽车销量的12%-13%（剔除季节因素），而去年则为18%。
Luxury pick-up trucks and SUVs now account for 12-13% of car sales (seasonally adjusted) compared with 18% last year, they point out.
而在美国，这一比例仅为3.6%，底特律的三大汽车巨头只在轻型卡车上才安装柴油发动机，比如"道奇大公羊"型皮卡。
Detroit's Big Three manufacturers use diesel engines only in light trucks, such as the big Dodge Ram pickup.
还有一次，为测试汽车的安全性，他开着一辆皮卡径直撞向了一颗栗树，后来BBC不得不出面道歉。
On another occasion, the BBC was forced to apologise after he rammed a pick-up into a chestnut tree to test the vehicle's strength.
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