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Ineos Quartermaster cab chassis unveiled!

By James Cleary · 14 Mar 2024

The rise and rise of ‘traditional’ 4x4 specialist Ineos continues with the release of the British brand’s new Quartermaster five-seat dual cab chassis variant.

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Chevrolet Silverado 2024 review: 2500 HD LTZ Premium

By David Morley · 14 Mar 2024

There are utes, big utes and the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LTZ Premium, a full-size, full-fat pick-up from the USA locally remanufactured for right-hand drive. It's been upgraded for 2024 with even more pulling power and creature comforts. Dave Morley reports back on its relative merits as a workhorse from the local launch drive.

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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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GWM Ute 2024 review: Cannon-XSR long-term | Part 1

By Mark Oastler · 11 Mar 2024

It seems Aussies can't get enough of dual cab utes and GWM aims to cut through the intense competition with a value-for-money focus in its full-size, dual-cab Cannon. Mark Oastler and his family have started a three-month stint with the XRS grade and so far, in this first instalment the experience has been revealing.

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Ford Ranger: Features and accessories

By Marcus Craft · 07 Mar 2024

The Ford Ranger is one of Australia's best-selling utes and because of its popularity there are many accessories available for it – from the factory and aftermarket.

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Nissan outsells Kia and Hyundai!

By Tim Nicholson · 05 Mar 2024

Nissan has climbed back up the new-vehicle sales charts in a big way, outselling the likes of Hyundai and Kia to return to the top 10.

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2025 Kia Tasman ute: What we know so far

By Andrew Chesterton · 02 Mar 2024

We are now steaming towards out first sneak peek at the Kia Tasman ute, with the diesel dual-cab expected to be unveiled in concept form next month, ahead of prototype arrivals touching down in Australia – where they will no doubt be captured in countless spy pics – for its final pre-launch development.

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Mitsubishi Triton 2024 review

By Andrew Chesterton · 01 Mar 2024

The 2024 Mitsubishi Triton is here, and it has some big ambitions - namely reclaiming its place in the top-three of Australia's best-selling utes. To do it, it's bringing more power, more capability, more space and more technology. In fact, it's bringing more of everything. But has it done enough to worry the Isuzu D-Max, Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger? We put the new Triton to the test to find out.

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Ford F-150 2024 review: Lariat LWB - GVM test

By Mark Oastler · 26 Feb 2024

The 2024 Ford F-150 has taken the dual-cab pick-up and supersized it in Australia, where mid-size utes - including its Ranger sibling - dominate the sales charts. As we find out in this load test, there are advantages to be had for tradies who decide to go big.

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Ford Ranger configurations: All the models & body styles

By David Morley · 23 Feb 2024

There can be no doubting the popularity of the Ford Ranger. The designed-in-Australia, Thai-built ute range of single and dual-cabs finally (for the 2023 sales year) knocked the Toyota HiLux off its perch as this country’s best-selling individual make and model.

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