LDV T60 2023 News

By Marcus Craft · 08 Oct 2023

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Australian ute market only consists of about four models because the Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux, Isuzu D-Max and Mitsubishi Triton tend to get the majority of the headlines and press coverage.

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Big Torquers: the diesels with the most grunt

By Laura Berry · 16 Sep 2023

We've already looked at the top five most-powerful petrol cars under $80K and the five EVs offering the most power for your dollar, but now it's time for the diesels to shine and we've added a twist.

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LDV selling more vans and utes than ever

By Chris Thompson · 02 Aug 2023

Like some of its fellow relative newcomer brand from China, the LDV brand is on the up-and-up in Australia. But it's not small- or mid-size SUVs bulking up the brand's sales, LDV is instead quietly achieving on the light commercial vehicle front.

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Cheap ute sales are booming

By Tung Nguyen · 10 Jun 2023

It seems more and more Australians aren’t willing to wait upwards of 12 months for their new Ford Ranger or Toyota HiLux 4x4 utes, and are instead turning to affordable options served up by GWM, LDV and SsangYong.

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Ford Ranger to be built in China

By Chris Thompson · 21 Apr 2023

China will become one of the few countries in the world to build the Ford Ranger as the brand announced at the Shanghai Auto Show the popular dual-cab ute is set to go on sale there “soon”.

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List of the last manuals!

By Laura Berry · 26 Mar 2023

Manual gearboxes are being killed off by the soulless, unromantic savages who want a car with an automatic transmission. Which is nearly everybody. So, the car manufacturers are making hardly any manual cars now. But for the few beacons of hope trying to save this rare animal from extinction we’ve made a list of new cars still with manuals that are for sale in Australia. But for how much longer?

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Ultimate MG wishlist?

By Tom White · 17 Mar 2023

What does MG need to take on Ford and Mitsubishi? Here's what the brand could pull from overseas to flesh out its line-up.

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2024 BYD electric and hybrid ute readying

By Chris Thompson · 05 Mar 2023

The decade of the electrified ute is upon us, and slowly manufacturers of some of the nation’s most popular models have admitted they’ll need to start finding ways to make battery power work for Aussies. But China has already gotten there first.

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Top reviews in 2022

By Tung Nguyen · 31 Dec 2022

Buying a new car in 2022 was not an easy task thanks to extended wait times, stock shortages and dealers seemingly less willing to budge on the sticker price, but that didn’t stop huge interest in reviews.

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Our 2023 new-car crystal ball

By Andrew Chesterton · 30 Dec 2022

While 2022 was a year of great unknowns — what with Covid, semi-conductors, stock shortages, factory shutdowns and shipping woes all combining to wreak havoc on deliveries — we have our fingers firmly crossed that 2023 will bring some sort of stability back to Australia’s new-car marketplace.

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