Mazda BT-50 News

2024 Mazda BT-50 ute updated
By Chris Thompson · 05 Apr 2024
Mazda has updated its BT-50 ute sibling to the Isuzu D-Max with some altered styling and interior tech updates.
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Mazda drops BT-50 from another market
By Tim Nicholson · 12 Mar 2024
Mazda’s BT-50 ute has been dropped from yet another right-hand-drive market just weeks after it was discontinued in New Zealand. 
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Mazda BT-50 ute discontinued in New Zealand
By Chris Thompson · 22 Feb 2024
Mazda New Zealand has announced it will remove its ute, the BT-50, from sale citing a changing market.
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2024 pricing changes for entire Mazda line-up
By Chris Thompson · 20 Feb 2024
Mazda Australia has confirmed a small pricing change to its line-up, almost a standard rise across all models, which took place as of January 1.
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Mazda BT-50 ute recalled for fire risk
By Chris Thompson · 13 Dec 2023
While it might seem odd on the surface that the Mazda BT-50 is being recalled for exactly the same issue as the Isuzu D-Max only days later, those who know the two utes shared their development will understand.
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Forgotten ute favourites!
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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The Ford Ranger Raptor not worth the hype
By Marcus Craft · 10 Sep 2023
The launch of Ford’s latest-generation Ranger Raptor in September 2022 was greeted with a level of wild exuberance the likes of which I’ve never witnessed before.
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Could the Mazda BT-50 twin with Toyota HiLux?
By Byron Mathioudakis · 20 Aug 2023
Will the next all-new Mazda BT-50 be twinned with the upcoming Toyota HiLux? The ever-closer working relationship between the Japanese brands is prompting speculation on many coming joint venture – from a line of luxury grand touring sedans and EVs to be shared with Lexus, to a monocoque dual-cab ute to take on the super-successful Ford Maverick in America.
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Aussie new car delivery times coming down!
By James Cleary · 16 Jul 2023
Australian new vehicle sales for the first six months of 2023 are up a solid 8.2 per cent compared to the first half of 2022, and part of the reason may - at last - be improved supply.
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Mazda's BT-50 ute gets tougher
By Chris Thompson · 26 Jun 2023
Mazda has given its two top-spec BT-50 utes a dose of rugged, with the SP and Thunder both soon available with a 'Pro' accessory pack that adds mechanical and styling upgrades to better take on the 'adventure' style utes of rivals.
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