The honors were split pretty evenly between the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger in the October 2016 Ute sales race.
Ford sold more 4×4 dual-cab utes than their Toyota rivals, however the HiLux was significantly more popular among 4×2 buyers and this helped keep Toyota on top overall.
A 32.1% increase in demand for the Ford Ranger in the 4×4 category coming at the expense of almost every other ute offering in a market that also receded by 4.1% in the month.
October 2016 4×2 Ute (pick-up/crew-cab) Sales Data:
- Toyota Hilux 4X2 – 930 (+26.0%)
- Ford Ranger 4X2 – 466 (-9.3%)
- Isuzu Ute D-Max 4X2 – 457 (+59.8%)
- Holden Utility 4X2 – 347 (35.5%)
- Mazda BT-50 4X2 – 345 (+13.9%)
- Holden Colorado 4X2 – 207 (+11.3%)
- Mitsubishi Triton 4X2 – 199 (-43.9%)
- Nissan Navara 4X2 – 171 (-44.5%)
- Ford Falcon Ute – 83 (-57.9%)
- Volkswagen Amarok 4X2 – 68 (-46.0%)
- Foton Tunland 4X2 – 6 (-57.1%)
- Great Wall Steed 4X2 – 1
- Ssangyong Actyon Sports 4X2 – 1 (-85.7%)
October 2016 4×4 Ute (pick-up/crew-cab) Sales Data:
- Ford Ranger 4X4 – 2,751 (+32.1%)
- Toyota Hilux 4X4 – 2,422 (-6.9%)
- Holden Colorado 4X4 – 1,151 (-6.0%)
- Nissan Navara 4X4 – 927 (-18.6%)
- Isuzu Ute D-Max 4X4 – 810 (-17.2%)
- Mitsubishi Triton 4X4 – 803 (-32.9%)
- Mazda BT-50 4X4 – 600 (-0.2%)
- Volkswagen Amarok 4X4 – 504 (-3.3%)
- Toyota Landcruiser PU/CC – 427 (-11.4%)
- Foton Tunland 4X4 – 41 (-50.0%)
- RAM Laramie – 35
- Nissan Patrol PU/CC – 19 (-17.4%)
- Great Wall Steed 4X4 – 10
- RAM SLT Big Horn – 0