Ute Reviews

Nissan Navara ST 2018 review: snapshot

By Andrew Chesterton · 28 Feb 2018

The ST is the second most expensive model in the Navara range, sitting below only ether ST-X in king-cab and dual-cab guise.

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Ford Ranger XLT 2018 review: snapshot

By Mark Oastler · 26 Feb 2018

The XLT has always been a popular pick for Ranger buyers as it offers a considerable amount of extra equipment and features over the XL.

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Toyota HiLux SR5 2018 review: snapshot

By Matt Campbell · 09 Jan 2018

The most popular model in the Toyota HiLux 2018 range is the SR5 model. While the SR5 badge used to be reserved for 4x4 grades, you can now get a 4x2 Hi-Rider dual-cab pick-up SR5 with a diesel auto drivetrain for $49,490. Need 4x4? There's an SR5 4x4 extra-cab pick-up model, also with a diesel auto drivetrain, priced

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Toyota HiLux SR 2018 review: snapshot

By Matt Campbell · 09 Jan 2018

The second peg up the ladder in the Toyota HiLux 2018 range is the SR. You can have it in an array of different body-styles, but all SR models are powered by a 2.8-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel, with the choice of manual or auto gearbox. There’s a 4x2 extra-cab Hi-Rider pick-up with a standard auto gearbox

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Toyota HiLux WorkMate 2018 review: snapshot

By Matt Campbell · 09 Jan 2018

The entry point to the Toyota HiLux 2018 range is the WorkMate variant, which is the only HiLux model available with both petrol and diesel drivetrains.

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Ford Ranger Wildtrak 2018 review

By Marcus Craft · 19 Dec 2017

Ute buyers are now looking for more flash when they spend their hard-earned cash. Case in point: the top-spec / top-shelf / upper echelon / call-it-what-you-will level of fully-kitted-out, sometimes limited edition, dual-cab utes fresh from the showroom: it's a booming niche inside an ever-popular SUV and ute

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Mazda BT-50 2018 review: XTR dual cab 4x4

By Marcus Craft · 18 Dec 2017

Australia’s lucrative dual-cab ute market is very much a two-horse race at the top, Ford Ranger against Toyota HiLux, but there is another competitor that deserves your consideration; Mazda's BT-50.

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Holden Trailblazer Z71 2018 review: snapshot

By Marcus Craft · 29 Nov 2017

Only 400 Trailblazer Z71s have, so far, been made, and as a result those buyers form an exclusive bunch. The Z71 gets black 18-inch alloy wheels and black treatments for the B-pillars, exterior mirrors, door handles and side mouldings, and leather-appointed seat trim, on top of the LT’s Apple Car Play and Android

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Isuzu D-Max 2018 review: SX 4x4 single cab chassis

By Marcus Craft · 21 Nov 2017

Isuzu updated its D-Max earlier this year, with a torquier Euro5-compliant engine and a new transmission, and a new design, but have these changes been enough to make its single-cab chassis a winner?

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Toyota HiLux SR+ 2018 review

By Matt Campbell · 13 Nov 2017

The newly added Toyota HiLux SR+ 2018 model adds a few goodies to bridge a gap in the dual-cab four-wheel-drive ute range.

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