Continued dominance in the 4×2 ute sales race has kept the Toyota HiLux on top of the LCV sales charts in August. The VFACTS data for August was released this afternoon and showed 19,165 light commercial […]
The RAM 1500, first previewed in June 2018, has now launched in Australia. RAM 1500 comes in two model variants, the RAM 1500 Express and RAM 1500 Laramie. RAM 1500 sits midway between the current […]
HiLux SR – Toyota has just let us know that the HiLux SR and SR5 variants of the Toyota HiLux are being changed. Interestingly, the new-look front (as seen above) is only for Australia. Designed […]
Big torque – We’ve seen pretty much all the ute/pick-up manufacturers banging on about torque figures. Everyone wants to have the biggest Nm figure to go on their brochure, but did you know big torque […]
Autonomous Emergency Braking is a potentially lifesaving technology. We’re starting to see AEB on passenger cars at a steady rate and even a number of heavy trucks now boast the braking tech as standard. But […]
The Mitsubishi Triton Single Cab is a ute you must test-drive if a new workhorse is on the agenda. And should you decide to go with the ‘Mitsi‘ the 4×4 version is probably worth investing […]
The VFACTS data for July 2018 is in and shows the LCV (Light Commercial Vehicle) segment was fairly flat in the month. Overall, 17,035 new utes and vans were delivered to Aussie customers in the month, […]
Are there any single-cab utes that have three seats available? That is a great question that we got in from Rod this week. He goes on… “I’m a builder and I remember back in the […]
Considering a dual-cab ute? Which one has best rear legroom? That’s a good question that came in this morning via John, and in relation to our sister publications post on the Best Dual-Cab Utes for […]
The Australian new vehicle sales industry had another strong month in June 2018 with overall sales hitting just over 130,000 units. Of those vehicles, 28,346 were light commercial vehicles (LCVs). And it was Toyota again […]