BYD Shark 6 2025 News
2026 Toyota HiLux to go diesel and electric!
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By Byron Mathioudakis · 19 Apr 2025
Is Toyota preparing two completely different utes to replace the ageing current HiLux in Australia from next year? The first is the widely-speculated but as-yet publicly unconfirmed facelift of today’s eight-generation HiLux, while the second is new-from-the-ground up production version of the EPU (Electric Pick-Up) dual-cab concept that debuted at the 2023 Tokyo motor show.
What the 2026 Ford Ranger facelift needs
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By Byron Mathioudakis · 09 Mar 2025
Here are the changes that we would like to see on the 2026 Ford Ranger facelift.
BYD Shark 6 ute’s newest triumph
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By Dom Tripolone · 28 Feb 2025
The BYD Shark 6 dual-cab ute is a five-star car, according to the Australasian New Car Assessment program (ANCAP).
BYD Shark 6 takeover!
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By Andrew Chesterton · 16 Feb 2025
BYD has details its stunning sales target for its Shark 6 dual-cab which would see the plug-in petrol ute knock off some of Australia's biggest ute names in 2025.
What the Chinese brands can teach Ford and GM
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By Byron Mathioudakis · 02 Feb 2025
If you think Chinese car brands can't teach Toyota, Ford or GM anything about making vehicles better, think again!
Is Australia's ute love affair on the rocks?
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By James Cleary · 12 Jan 2025
In recent years the pointy end of the Australian new vehicle sales race has reflected our seemingly insatiable appetite for dual cab utes, with the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux locked in a fierce arm wrestle to determine the annual winner.
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Grab your diesel ute and 4WD now!
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By Dom Tripolone · 05 Jan 2025
Diesel is on the way out, but could this year be the one we finally say goodbye to the trusty fuel source of grunty dual-cab utes and rugged four-wheel drives?
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Diesel ute power wars are over
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By Dom Tripolone · 03 Jan 2025
If you want a big beefy engine under the bonnet of your dual-cab, it might be now or never.
The all-new vehicles released in 2024 in Aus
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By Byron Mathioudakis · 27 Dec 2024
Many so-called “all-new” models aren’t all that new. In fact, a sizeable chunk are reskinned versions of what came before, with fresh sheetmetal over the same general hard points.
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Does Shark 6 have the Ranger on the ropes?
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By Andrew Chesterton · 30 Nov 2024
A mid-week press release from Ford citing in-house research that showed "sixty percent of Australian drivers would be more likely to buy an electrified vehicle if it offered greater towing capability" – before highlighting the Ranger PHEV's 3.5-tonne towing capacity – didn't go unnoticed at BYD's Australian offices, with one executive suggesting the move proved the Shark 6 has the Blue Oval rattle