Ute News

2025 MG U9 ute begins testing on local roads
By Samuel Irvine · 15 Apr 2025
MG promises its upcoming ute will be suited to Australian conditions.
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Can Mazda beat Ford in 2025?
By Tim Nicholson · 15 Apr 2025
Mazda seems back on track in 2025 for a bumper sales year.
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MG's off-roader or soft-roader?
By Tom White · 14 Apr 2025
MG to launch boxy off-road SUV - but will it challenge GWM's Tank 300 or aim for lifestyle buyers?
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Is China winning the new-car sales game?
By James Cleary · 14 Apr 2025
It was building for a long time, but now the giant wave of Chinese challenger brands entering the Australian new-car market has hit our shores with a vengeance.
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2026 Ford Ranger: where it goes from here
By Byron Mathioudakis · 13 Apr 2025
The Ford Ranger is undergoing an evolution that will see Australia’s best-selling vehicle grow in size as well as scope, as it fends off the coming Toyota HiLux facelift and all-new rivals like the Kia Tasman, MG U9 and next-gen Nissan Navara. These are new niche programs and models that should shore up the current T6.2 architecture’s viability into the next decade for Australia.
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Everything we want to see in the next Navara!
By Marcus Craft · 12 Apr 2025
Here's our wishlist for the next-generation Nissan Navara
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Civil war breaks out as JAC bodies BYD
By Andrew Chesterton · 12 Apr 2025
Chinese brand JAC says its incoming T9 Hunter plug-in hybrid ute has the wood on the popular BYD Shark 6, with a key executive telling CarsGuide "we've got the right package".
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EV industry slams Dutton's car emissions plan
By Samuel Irvine · 11 Apr 2025
Polestar Australia and the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) have slammed the Coalition’s proposed plan to scrap fines for carmakers that exceed emissions targets under the New Vehicle Efficiency Standards (NVES) if it wins the federal election in May.
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Is this tech giant Nissan's unlikely saviour?
By Samuel Irvine · 11 Apr 2025
Just days after reports emerged that iPhone-maker Foxconn had secured a deal with Mitsubishi to supply its EVs for the Australian market, the Taiwanese electronics giant appears to be pitching itself to another ailing Japanese automaker.
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"Better than the Raptor": JAC makes huge call
By Andrew Chesterton · 11 Apr 2025
Chinese newcomer brand JAC has made a huge call over its incoming T9 Hunter plug-in hybrid ute, with its senior executives declaring the potent dual-cab "better than a Ranger Raptor".
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