Every dual-cab ute coming to Australia in 2025
Three of the best sellers last year were dual cabs, with the Isuzu D-Max finishing fourth behind the Ford and Toyota – with the Toyota RAV4 SUV splitting them in third place.
The perennial favourites are under threat from a raft of new players including the Kia Tasman – the automaker's first ute – and Chinese manufacturers whose planning departments have seen Australia's appetite for rugged dual-cabs able to handle the everyday stuff, too.
Here's what utes are coming for the remainder of 2025 in one of the most hotly contested markets on the planet.
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Tired of waiting for the Tesla Cybertruck? The 2025 Deepal E07 may be the next-best thing for those wanting an electric ute able to stand apart from the crowd.
Based on the automaker's S07 SUV, the Deepal E07 is not about to tow a HiLux out of a muddy bog, but it's not meant to either.
Its SUV-meets-dual cab design sees a swooping roofline and high shouldered tray area with a 252kW/365Nm single-motor rear-wheel drive entry-model with 642km (NEDC) range priced from $64,900 plus on-roads.
A 440kW/645Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive range-topper with 626km range – and a 0-100km/h claim of 3.9 seconds – is priced from $73,900.
MORE: 2025 Deepal E07 pricing: How much China's quirky 'Transformer Ute' will cost in Australia
MORE: Everything Deepal E07
After multiple delays, the updated F-150 is on sale in the US since 2023 is finally scheduled to arrive in Ford Australia showrooms in the second half of 2025.
That means a 2024 model year – you read that correctly – bringing minor exterior tweaks including new headlights, grille and wheel designs and cabin changes seeing a 12.0-inch digital instrument cluster and 12.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
It's expected to remain offered here in XLT and Lariat grades in both short- and long-wheelbase dual-cab bodies, with the same 298kW/678Nm twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine across the lineup.
MORE: 2025 Ford F-150: Australian arrival delayed for updated pickup
MORE: Everything Ford F-150
The BYD Shark 6 and the GWM Cannon Alpha won the race for bragging rights as the first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) utes in Australian showrooms, but the 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV brings a plug-in powertrain to Australia's top-selling ute.
A petrol 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine and 10-speed auto are backed by an 11.8kWh battery for 49km of claimed electric-powered driving on the NEDC cycle and a combined 2.9L/100km fuel figure.
The Ranger PHEV boasts full-time four-wheel drive, has a payload of 8080-973kg and a 3500kg braked tow rating – meaning only the 2026 Ranger Super Duty can tow more.
Four Ranger PHEV model grades kick off with the XLT at $71,990 before on-road costs – a $3150 premium over the V6 XLT – through to the top-spec Stormtrak at $86,990.
MORE: 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV: Plug-in hybrid ute up to $5000 more expensive than V6 diesel
MORE: Everything Ford Ranger
They're back: the Foton V Series returns to Australia in 2025 after a five-year hiatus with the styling mimicking the Ford F-150 in the V7 and the Ram 1500 in the V9.
Imported by Inchcape – who also bring in Subaru and Peugeot – the V Series pair share the same dimensions to be larger than a Ford Ranger but smaller than a Ford F-150.
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but overseas the V7 and V9 use a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel with 120kW/450Nm, an eight-speed auto, and leaf-spring rear suspension in the V7 and coil springs in the V9.
MORE: China's Foton delays its Ram, F-150 lookalike utes for Australia
MORE: Everything Foton Tunland
The V6-powered Jeep Gladiator is set for a facelift – after several delays – with minor exterior changes including new alloy wheels, new paint choices and an integrated antenna.
Inside, there's wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a new backlit touchscreen and curtain airbags (now mandated by US law).
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but no changes have been made to the 213kW/353kW 3.6-litre V6.
MORE: Everything Jeep Gladiator
The Tasman has already made an impact for the sheer grandeur of its marketing campaign – and for its polarising exterior design.
Yet the Tasman is a serious threat to the status quo with local testing fine-tuning the end package and the 3500kg braked towing capacity and one-tonne payload expected in this segment.
With the dual-cab in showrooms in July, a cab/chassis version lands in August and a single-cab entry level Tasman by the end of 2025.
MORE: 2025 Kia Tasman price and specs: Australian orders open for Korean brand's first ute
MORE: Everything Kia Tasman
Full local specs of the battery-electric version of the LDV Terron 9 haven't been revealed but overseas, where it's sold under the 'Maxus' brand, it's available with 200kW single- and 325kW dual-motor powertrains.
A 102.2kWh lithium iron phosphate battery comes with a 430km WLTP range – more than the eT60 currently sold here – with DC charging bringing up to 80 per cent charge in 42 minutes.
Pricing is yet to be announced, but it should be less than the eT60's $93k ask before on-roads.
MORE: 2025 LDV eTerron 9: New electric ute locked in for Australia
The Terron 9 – twinned with the MG U9 – arrives in Australia after a local testing program of the dual-cab ute's driver assist systems.
The overall package is bigger than the existing T60 dual cab – and at 5500mm is longer than the Ford Ranger – with numbers up in every way in terms of power and capability.
The 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine has 164kW – 14kW more than a Toyota HiLux – and although a torque figure hasn't been revealed for our market, the Terron 9 comes with the obligatory 3500kg braked tow rating.
MORE: 2025 LDV Terron 9: Australian testing underway for bigger, bolder Ranger rival
MG Australia isn't exaggerating when it says the arrival of the MG U9 – its first dual-cab ute – is a 'turning point', as the brand wrestles with GWM as the best-selling Chinese automaker in Australia.Full details are yet to be revealed, but the U9 is a twin to the LDV Terron 9 and shares the same 164kW 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine and – you guessed it – 3500km tow rating, backed by a 10-year warranty.
MORE: 2026 MG U9: Australian testing underway for China's next Ranger, HiLux rival
After launching early last year in dual-cab ute guise, the new-generation Triton range is expanding mid-year to include not only single-cab/chassis and Club Cab models, but also long-awaited dual-cab/chassis models.
This sees the Triton lineup expand to 18 variants, with the dual-cab/chassis body style alone available in GLX, GLX+, GLS and GSR trim levels.
MORE: 2025 Mitsubishi Triton price and specs: Australian lineup grows again
MORE: Everything Mitsubishi Triton
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
A dual-cab ute has sat at the top of the Australian sales charts for almost a decade, the Toyota HiLux taking the number one spot in 2016 and holding onto it until the Ford Ranger nabbed it in 2023 and 2024.
Three of the best sellers last year were dual cabs, with the Isuzu D-Max finishing fourth behind the Ford and Toyota – with the Toyota RAV4 SUV splitting them in third place.
The perennial favourites are under threat from a raft of new players including the Kia Tasman – the automaker's first ute – and Chinese manufacturers whose planning departments have seen Australia's appetite for rugged dual-cabs able to handle the everyday stuff, too.
Here's what utes are coming for the remainder of 2025 in one of the most hotly contested markets on the planet.
Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
Tired of waiting for the Tesla Cybertruck? The 2025 Deepal E07 may be the next-best thing for those wanting an electric ute able to stand apart from the crowd.
Based on the automaker's S07 SUV, the Deepal E07 is not about to tow a HiLux out of a muddy bog, but it's not meant to either.
Its SUV-meets-dual cab design sees a swooping roofline and high shouldered tray area with a 252kW/365Nm single-motor rear-wheel drive entry-model with 642km (NEDC) range priced from $64,900 plus on-roads.
A 440kW/645Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive range-topper with 626km range – and a 0-100km/h claim of 3.9 seconds – is priced from $73,900.
MORE: 2025 Deepal E07 pricing: How much China's quirky 'Transformer Ute' will cost in Australia
MORE: Everything Deepal E07
After multiple delays, the updated F-150 is on sale in the US since 2023 is finally scheduled to arrive in Ford Australia showrooms in the second half of 2025.
That means a 2024 model year – you read that correctly – bringing minor exterior tweaks including new headlights, grille and wheel designs and cabin changes seeing a 12.0-inch digital instrument cluster and 12.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
It's expected to remain offered here in XLT and Lariat grades in both short- and long-wheelbase dual-cab bodies, with the same 298kW/678Nm twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine across the lineup.
MORE: 2025 Ford F-150: Australian arrival delayed for updated pickup
MORE: Everything Ford F-150
The BYD Shark 6 and the GWM Cannon Alpha won the race for bragging rights as the first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) utes in Australian showrooms, but the 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV brings a plug-in powertrain to Australia's top-selling ute.
A petrol 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine and 10-speed auto are backed by an 11.8kWh battery for 49km of claimed electric-powered driving on the NEDC cycle and a combined 2.9L/100km fuel figure.
The Ranger PHEV boasts full-time four-wheel drive, has a payload of 8080-973kg and a 3500kg braked tow rating – meaning only the 2026 Ranger Super Duty can tow more.
Four Ranger PHEV model grades kick off with the XLT at $71,990 before on-road costs – a $3150 premium over the V6 XLT – through to the top-spec Stormtrak at $86,990.
MORE: 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV: Plug-in hybrid ute up to $5000 more expensive than V6 diesel
MORE: Everything Ford Ranger
They're back: the Foton V Series returns to Australia in 2025 after a five-year hiatus with the styling mimicking the Ford F-150 in the V7 and the Ram 1500 in the V9.
Imported by Inchcape – who also bring in Subaru and Peugeot – the V Series pair share the same dimensions to be larger than a Ford Ranger but smaller than a Ford F-150.
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but overseas the V7 and V9 use a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel with 120kW/450Nm, an eight-speed auto, and leaf-spring rear suspension in the V7 and coil springs in the V9.
MORE: China's Foton delays its Ram, F-150 lookalike utes for Australia
MORE: Everything Foton Tunland
The V6-powered Jeep Gladiator is set for a facelift – after several delays – with minor exterior changes including new alloy wheels, new paint choices and an integrated antenna.
Inside, there's wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a new backlit touchscreen and curtain airbags (now mandated by US law).
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but no changes have been made to the 213kW/353kW 3.6-litre V6.
MORE: Everything Jeep Gladiator
The Tasman has already made an impact for the sheer grandeur of its marketing campaign – and for its polarising exterior design.
Yet the Tasman is a serious threat to the status quo with local testing fine-tuning the end package and the 3500kg braked towing capacity and one-tonne payload expected in this segment.
With the dual-cab in showrooms in July, a cab/chassis version lands in August and a single-cab entry level Tasman by the end of 2025.
MORE: 2025 Kia Tasman price and specs: Australian orders open for Korean brand's first ute
MORE: Everything Kia Tasman
Full local specs of the battery-electric version of the LDV Terron 9 haven't been revealed but overseas, where it's sold under the 'Maxus' brand, it's available with 200kW single- and 325kW dual-motor powertrains.
A 102.2kWh lithium iron phosphate battery comes with a 430km WLTP range – more than the eT60 currently sold here – with DC charging bringing up to 80 per cent charge in 42 minutes.
Pricing is yet to be announced, but it should be less than the eT60's $93k ask before on-roads.
MORE: 2025 LDV eTerron 9: New electric ute locked in for Australia
The Terron 9 – twinned with the MG U9 – arrives in Australia after a local testing program of the dual-cab ute's driver assist systems.
The overall package is bigger than the existing T60 dual cab – and at 5500mm is longer than the Ford Ranger – with numbers up in every way in terms of power and capability.
The 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine has 164kW – 14kW more than a Toyota HiLux – and although a torque figure hasn't been revealed for our market, the Terron 9 comes with the obligatory 3500kg braked tow rating.
MORE: 2025 LDV Terron 9: Australian testing underway for bigger, bolder Ranger rival
MG Australia isn't exaggerating when it says the arrival of the MG U9 – its first dual-cab ute – is a 'turning point', as the brand wrestles with GWM as the best-selling Chinese automaker in Australia.Full details are yet to be revealed, but the U9 is a twin to the LDV Terron 9 and shares the same 164kW 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine and – you guessed it – 3500km tow rating, backed by a 10-year warranty.
MORE: 2026 MG U9: Australian testing underway for China's next Ranger, HiLux rival
After launching early last year in dual-cab ute guise, the new-generation Triton range is expanding mid-year to include not only single-cab/chassis and Club Cab models, but also long-awaited dual-cab/chassis models.
This sees the Triton lineup expand to 18 variants, with the dual-cab/chassis body style alone available in GLX, GLX+, GLS and GSR trim levels.
MORE: 2025 Mitsubishi Triton price and specs: Australian lineup grows again
MORE: Everything Mitsubishi Triton
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
A dual-cab ute has sat at the top of the Australian sales charts for almost a decade, the Toyota HiLux taking the number one spot in 2016 and holding onto it until the Ford Ranger nabbed it in 2023 and 2024.
Three of the best sellers last year were dual cabs, with the Isuzu D-Max finishing fourth behind the Ford and Toyota – with the Toyota RAV4 SUV splitting them in third place.
The perennial favourites are under threat from a raft of new players including the Kia Tasman – the automaker's first ute – and Chinese manufacturers whose planning departments have seen Australia's appetite for rugged dual-cabs able to handle the everyday stuff, too.
Here's what utes are coming for the remainder of 2025 in one of the most hotly contested markets on the planet.
Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
Tired of waiting for the Tesla Cybertruck? The 2025 Deepal E07 may be the next-best thing for those wanting an electric ute able to stand apart from the crowd.
Based on the automaker's S07 SUV, the Deepal E07 is not about to tow a HiLux out of a muddy bog, but it's not meant to either.
Its SUV-meets-dual cab design sees a swooping roofline and high shouldered tray area with a 252kW/365Nm single-motor rear-wheel drive entry-model with 642km (NEDC) range priced from $64,900 plus on-roads.
A 440kW/645Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive range-topper with 626km range – and a 0-100km/h claim of 3.9 seconds – is priced from $73,900.
MORE: 2025 Deepal E07 pricing: How much China's quirky 'Transformer Ute' will cost in Australia
MORE: Everything Deepal E07
After multiple delays, the updated F-150 is on sale in the US since 2023 is finally scheduled to arrive in Ford Australia showrooms in the second half of 2025.
That means a 2024 model year – you read that correctly – bringing minor exterior tweaks including new headlights, grille and wheel designs and cabin changes seeing a 12.0-inch digital instrument cluster and 12.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
It's expected to remain offered here in XLT and Lariat grades in both short- and long-wheelbase dual-cab bodies, with the same 298kW/678Nm twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine across the lineup.
MORE: 2025 Ford F-150: Australian arrival delayed for updated pickup
MORE: Everything Ford F-150
The BYD Shark 6 and the GWM Cannon Alpha won the race for bragging rights as the first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) utes in Australian showrooms, but the 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV brings a plug-in powertrain to Australia's top-selling ute.
A petrol 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine and 10-speed auto are backed by an 11.8kWh battery for 49km of claimed electric-powered driving on the NEDC cycle and a combined 2.9L/100km fuel figure.
The Ranger PHEV boasts full-time four-wheel drive, has a payload of 8080-973kg and a 3500kg braked tow rating – meaning only the 2026 Ranger Super Duty can tow more.
Four Ranger PHEV model grades kick off with the XLT at $71,990 before on-road costs – a $3150 premium over the V6 XLT – through to the top-spec Stormtrak at $86,990.
MORE: 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV: Plug-in hybrid ute up to $5000 more expensive than V6 diesel
MORE: Everything Ford Ranger
They're back: the Foton V Series returns to Australia in 2025 after a five-year hiatus with the styling mimicking the Ford F-150 in the V7 and the Ram 1500 in the V9.
Imported by Inchcape – who also bring in Subaru and Peugeot – the V Series pair share the same dimensions to be larger than a Ford Ranger but smaller than a Ford F-150.
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but overseas the V7 and V9 use a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel with 120kW/450Nm, an eight-speed auto, and leaf-spring rear suspension in the V7 and coil springs in the V9.
MORE: China's Foton delays its Ram, F-150 lookalike utes for Australia
MORE: Everything Foton Tunland
The V6-powered Jeep Gladiator is set for a facelift – after several delays – with minor exterior changes including new alloy wheels, new paint choices and an integrated antenna.
Inside, there's wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a new backlit touchscreen and curtain airbags (now mandated by US law).
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but no changes have been made to the 213kW/353kW 3.6-litre V6.
MORE: Everything Jeep Gladiator
The Tasman has already made an impact for the sheer grandeur of its marketing campaign – and for its polarising exterior design.
Yet the Tasman is a serious threat to the status quo with local testing fine-tuning the end package and the 3500kg braked towing capacity and one-tonne payload expected in this segment.
With the dual-cab in showrooms in July, a cab/chassis version lands in August and a single-cab entry level Tasman by the end of 2025.
MORE: 2025 Kia Tasman price and specs: Australian orders open for Korean brand's first ute
MORE: Everything Kia Tasman
Full local specs of the battery-electric version of the LDV Terron 9 haven't been revealed but overseas, where it's sold under the 'Maxus' brand, it's available with 200kW single- and 325kW dual-motor powertrains.
A 102.2kWh lithium iron phosphate battery comes with a 430km WLTP range – more than the eT60 currently sold here – with DC charging bringing up to 80 per cent charge in 42 minutes.
Pricing is yet to be announced, but it should be less than the eT60's $93k ask before on-roads.
MORE: 2025 LDV eTerron 9: New electric ute locked in for Australia
The Terron 9 – twinned with the MG U9 – arrives in Australia after a local testing program of the dual-cab ute's driver assist systems.
The overall package is bigger than the existing T60 dual cab – and at 5500mm is longer than the Ford Ranger – with numbers up in every way in terms of power and capability.
The 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine has 164kW – 14kW more than a Toyota HiLux – and although a torque figure hasn't been revealed for our market, the Terron 9 comes with the obligatory 3500kg braked tow rating.
MORE: 2025 LDV Terron 9: Australian testing underway for bigger, bolder Ranger rival
MG Australia isn't exaggerating when it says the arrival of the MG U9 – its first dual-cab ute – is a 'turning point', as the brand wrestles with GWM as the best-selling Chinese automaker in Australia.Full details are yet to be revealed, but the U9 is a twin to the LDV Terron 9 and shares the same 164kW 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine and – you guessed it – 3500km tow rating, backed by a 10-year warranty.
MORE: 2026 MG U9: Australian testing underway for China's next Ranger, HiLux rival
After launching early last year in dual-cab ute guise, the new-generation Triton range is expanding mid-year to include not only single-cab/chassis and Club Cab models, but also long-awaited dual-cab/chassis models.
This sees the Triton lineup expand to 18 variants, with the dual-cab/chassis body style alone available in GLX, GLX+, GLS and GSR trim levels.
MORE: 2025 Mitsubishi Triton price and specs: Australian lineup grows again
MORE: Everything Mitsubishi Triton
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
A dual-cab ute has sat at the top of the Australian sales charts for almost a decade, the Toyota HiLux taking the number one spot in 2016 and holding onto it until the Ford Ranger nabbed it in 2023 and 2024.
Three of the best sellers last year were dual cabs, with the Isuzu D-Max finishing fourth behind the Ford and Toyota – with the Toyota RAV4 SUV splitting them in third place.
The perennial favourites are under threat from a raft of new players including the Kia Tasman – the automaker's first ute – and Chinese manufacturers whose planning departments have seen Australia's appetite for rugged dual-cabs able to handle the everyday stuff, too.
Here's what utes are coming for the remainder of 2025 in one of the most hotly contested markets on the planet.
Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
Tired of waiting for the Tesla Cybertruck? The 2025 Deepal E07 may be the next-best thing for those wanting an electric ute able to stand apart from the crowd.
Based on the automaker's S07 SUV, the Deepal E07 is not about to tow a HiLux out of a muddy bog, but it's not meant to either.
Its SUV-meets-dual cab design sees a swooping roofline and high shouldered tray area with a 252kW/365Nm single-motor rear-wheel drive entry-model with 642km (NEDC) range priced from $64,900 plus on-roads.
A 440kW/645Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive range-topper with 626km range – and a 0-100km/h claim of 3.9 seconds – is priced from $73,900.
MORE: 2025 Deepal E07 pricing: How much China's quirky 'Transformer Ute' will cost in Australia
MORE: Everything Deepal E07
After multiple delays, the updated F-150 is on sale in the US since 2023 is finally scheduled to arrive in Ford Australia showrooms in the second half of 2025.
That means a 2024 model year – you read that correctly – bringing minor exterior tweaks including new headlights, grille and wheel designs and cabin changes seeing a 12.0-inch digital instrument cluster and 12.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
It's expected to remain offered here in XLT and Lariat grades in both short- and long-wheelbase dual-cab bodies, with the same 298kW/678Nm twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine across the lineup.
MORE: 2025 Ford F-150: Australian arrival delayed for updated pickup
MORE: Everything Ford F-150
The BYD Shark 6 and the GWM Cannon Alpha won the race for bragging rights as the first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) utes in Australian showrooms, but the 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV brings a plug-in powertrain to Australia's top-selling ute.
A petrol 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine and 10-speed auto are backed by an 11.8kWh battery for 49km of claimed electric-powered driving on the NEDC cycle and a combined 2.9L/100km fuel figure.
The Ranger PHEV boasts full-time four-wheel drive, has a payload of 8080-973kg and a 3500kg braked tow rating – meaning only the 2026 Ranger Super Duty can tow more.
Four Ranger PHEV model grades kick off with the XLT at $71,990 before on-road costs – a $3150 premium over the V6 XLT – through to the top-spec Stormtrak at $86,990.
MORE: 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV: Plug-in hybrid ute up to $5000 more expensive than V6 diesel
MORE: Everything Ford Ranger
They're back: the Foton V Series returns to Australia in 2025 after a five-year hiatus with the styling mimicking the Ford F-150 in the V7 and the Ram 1500 in the V9.
Imported by Inchcape – who also bring in Subaru and Peugeot – the V Series pair share the same dimensions to be larger than a Ford Ranger but smaller than a Ford F-150.
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but overseas the V7 and V9 use a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel with 120kW/450Nm, an eight-speed auto, and leaf-spring rear suspension in the V7 and coil springs in the V9.
MORE: China's Foton delays its Ram, F-150 lookalike utes for Australia
MORE: Everything Foton Tunland
The V6-powered Jeep Gladiator is set for a facelift – after several delays – with minor exterior changes including new alloy wheels, new paint choices and an integrated antenna.
Inside, there's wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a new backlit touchscreen and curtain airbags (now mandated by US law).
Local spec is yet to be confirmed, but no changes have been made to the 213kW/353kW 3.6-litre V6.
MORE: Everything Jeep Gladiator
The Tasman has already made an impact for the sheer grandeur of its marketing campaign – and for its polarising exterior design.
Yet the Tasman is a serious threat to the status quo with local testing fine-tuning the end package and the 3500kg braked towing capacity and one-tonne payload expected in this segment.
With the dual-cab in showrooms in July, a cab/chassis version lands in August and a single-cab entry level Tasman by the end of 2025.
MORE: 2025 Kia Tasman price and specs: Australian orders open for Korean brand's first ute
MORE: Everything Kia Tasman
Full local specs of the battery-electric version of the LDV Terron 9 haven't been revealed but overseas, where it's sold under the 'Maxus' brand, it's available with 200kW single- and 325kW dual-motor powertrains.
A 102.2kWh lithium iron phosphate battery comes with a 430km WLTP range – more than the eT60 currently sold here – with DC charging bringing up to 80 per cent charge in 42 minutes.
Pricing is yet to be announced, but it should be less than the eT60's $93k ask before on-roads.
MORE: 2025 LDV eTerron 9: New electric ute locked in for Australia
The Terron 9 – twinned with the MG U9 – arrives in Australia after a local testing program of the dual-cab ute's driver assist systems.
The overall package is bigger than the existing T60 dual cab – and at 5500mm is longer than the Ford Ranger – with numbers up in every way in terms of power and capability.
The 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine has 164kW – 14kW more than a Toyota HiLux – and although a torque figure hasn't been revealed for our market, the Terron 9 comes with the obligatory 3500kg braked tow rating.
MORE: 2025 LDV Terron 9: Australian testing underway for bigger, bolder Ranger rival
MG Australia isn't exaggerating when it says the arrival of the MG U9 – its first dual-cab ute – is a 'turning point', as the brand wrestles with GWM as the best-selling Chinese automaker in Australia.Full details are yet to be revealed, but the U9 is a twin to the LDV Terron 9 and shares the same 164kW 2.5-litre four-cylinder diesel engine and – you guessed it – 3500km tow rating, backed by a 10-year warranty.
MORE: 2026 MG U9: Australian testing underway for China's next Ranger, HiLux rival
After launching early last year in dual-cab ute guise, the new-generation Triton range is expanding mid-year to include not only single-cab/chassis and Club Cab models, but also long-awaited dual-cab/chassis models.
This sees the Triton lineup expand to 18 variants, with the dual-cab/chassis body style alone available in GLX, GLX+, GLS and GSR trim levels.
MORE: 2025 Mitsubishi Triton price and specs: Australian lineup grows again
MORE: Everything Mitsubishi Triton
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has previously indicated she is up for a conversation about how to broaden the tax base of states that don't have access to lucrative resource royalties. It may surprise some to learn that if you mention vertical fiscal imbalance, the premier can talk the leg off a chair. She also understands the urgency. Although a national agreement on health funding – the biggest expense items within her government's budget – commits the Commonwealth to eventually provide what the states consider a fair share, that day is still 10 years away. In the meantime, the state must find savings elsewhere or keep borrowing to make up the shortfall. This year the funding gap is $1.6 billion in a $22 billion health budget. (This column's earlier, unsolicited advice for the premier to dump her pet infrastructure project, the Suburban Rail Loop, has so far gone unheeded.) The state premiers didn't make it onto Chalmers' guest list and state/federal finances aren't on the agenda of his three-day powwow in Canberra next week. Eslake doesn't criticise these omissions from an already jam-packed roundtable program but he wonders how bad things need to get before Australia turns its mind to the thorny problem of rebalancing how money is spent and how revenue is raised across the Commonwealth. 'I think federal/state financial relations is an important issue, but I don't have a lot of company,' he laments. So, what exactly is this $900 billion elephant? According to the latest budget figures compiled by S&P Global Ratings, an international rating company that keeps a close eye on the fiscal position of the federal and state governments, this is the combined, gross debt of Australian states and territories forecast for the end of this decade. If we include the gross debt forecast to be on the federal government's own books by that stage, Australia's debt mountain will reach a $2.1 trillion base camp by June 30, 2029 along the way to a still unknown peak. Victoria, by its own budget figures, is the most indebted state in Australia. The $213 billion gross debt it has amassed as of July 1 this year represents nearly one third of the total debt currently owed by all states and territories combined. The best news for Victoria is that, in its push towards fiscal profligacy, it has some serious competition from Queensland and Tasmania. S&P lead analyst Martin Foo says while Victoria still has the weakest balance sheet of all state and territory governments, its raft of new property and payroll taxes unpopular with business has at least stabilised its fiscal position. 'We have pointed out consistently that a lot of the fiscal challenges Australia faces right now are at the state level, rather than federal level,' he says. 'Victoria has been the focus of attention for the last couple of years. Maybe it has flown under the radar a bit but some of the mid-sized and smaller states, particularly Tasmania and Queensland, are accumulating debt at a very rapid pace.' Eslake reckons his home state of Tasmania, which remains without a functioning government after two elections in the space of 15 months, already deserves Victoria's mantle as Australia's fiscal dunce. In 2019, Tasmania's gross debt was just $3.2 billion. That figure is forecast to treble this year and to increase more than six-fold from its pre-pandemic level by 2029. Loading Queensland is sharply accelerating the amount of debt it is taking on, with last year's figure of $106.6 billion forecast to nearly double by the end of the decade as the state prepares for the 2032 Olympics. Although these numbers look scarier the further you look into the future, the source of the problem is more immediate. The S&P figures show that in the last financial year, the states and territories posted a combined cash deficit of $55 billion.
Sydney Morning Herald
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- Sydney Morning Herald
We've worked hard, got an education, found jobs. But it's not enough
Younger Australians have done what society told us to do. We've worked hard, got an education, and found jobs. Yet, that has not been enough for teachers, nurses, mechanics and countless other workers to achieve financial security. The social contract, the idea that a job is enough to feed and house a family, has been lost. A recent episode of the Diary of a CEO podcast highlighted a vital debate we need to have. It featured rockstar British economist Gary Stevenson and Daniel Priestley, an acclaimed Australian serial entrepreneur. The host, Steven Bartlett, asked both men what advice they would give to young people. Priestley suggested that we focus on entrepreneurship, as the digital economy offers incredible opportunities to create wealth. Stevenson disagreed, arguing that this advice is harmful because, if you can't get ahead, then it must be your fault. Instead, the economic problems we face are structural. Without reforming how our economy works, Stevenson argued, financial and business advice is like giving out stock tips on the Titanic. The most common story we do hear is the one promoted by Priestley, about individual financial success. It's pushed by social media finfluencers, tech bros, and self-help gurus who claim that the pathway to economic security is through speculative property investing, starting a dropshipping business, or investing in the latest cryptocurrency. Movements like 'girlboss' and 'quiet quitting' have sent the message that you have to save yourself in these tough economic times. The key to the social contract working, in whatever form, is that people feel their efforts are rewarded and that they believe the contract is fair. The contract, then, is hanging by a thread. The cultural dominance of individualism, however, perpetuates an economic system that is harming us. It means that avenues for collective action, such as union membership, political party involvement, and volunteering, are in decline. Policy debates pit winners against losers without considering what's best for everyone, and the government and its tax and transfer system are cast as a 'burden'. Loading In contrast, the postwar version of the social contract promoted the idea that, in return for contributing through work, care, and paying taxes, individuals had rights to essentials such as healthcare, housing, and employment security. You could find a stable job paying enough to feed and house your family, retire with a pension, and be assured that your children would have it better. A second version of the social contract was adopted in the 1980s and 1990s. It presented a more individualistic vision aimed at removing the 'shackles' of taxation and regulation. Tax rates on the wealthy were reduced, public services privatised and superannuation introduced to prioritise individual responsibility and private wealth accumulation.
Sydney Morning Herald
17 minutes ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
ACTU's four-day work week may be economic roundtable's Big Idea
The Stonemasons' Society in Sydney won the eight-hour day in August 1855, and 170 years later the ACTU is pushing for comparable workplace change, a four-day week. The union movement is selling the idea to the economic reform roundtable next week as a bid to improve work-life balance, but many Australian workplaces still run on Victorian-era mindsets, with people working the same hours their great-great-grandparents put in more than 100 years ago. The impact of working parents, technology including the advent of the personal computer and AI, globalisation, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting rise of working from home are accelerating workplace change like never before, yet few innovations have taken the form of a reduction in standard working hours. The ACTU pointed to a 2023 Swinburne University study that found 70 per cent of firms trialling the four-day week reported higher productivity, and another study, Nature Human Behaviour, surveying data across 141 organisations in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, had similar results. Research in the UK reported two-thirds of 3000 workers had lower levels of burnout, 39 per cent less stress and 40 per cent less sleep difficulties. Their companies reported a 65 per cent drop in sick days, a 57 per cent drop in resignations and a 1.4 per cent increase in revenues. The ACTU argued that pay and conditions, including penalty rates, overtime and minimum staffing levels would need to be protected to ensure that reducing the number of days did not result in a loss of pay. The ACTU also proposed sector-specific alternatives for businesses where it was inappropriate to reduce hours, including more rostered days off, increasing annual leave and redesigning rosters to improve predictability. Loading Those academic reports cited by the ACTU surveyed firms user-friendly to a four-day week. But the trend towards reduced work time is not new, as major companies such as Unilever and IKEA have trialled, and in some cases adopted, a decrease in working hours. That said, business is understandably wary of such changes, not least since the ACTU failed to explain the probable and growing impact of working from home – especially coming after Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced plans to legislate a right to work from home – or the need to corral small businesses unable to financially risk embracing such change. The ACTU proposal followed the Reserve Bank of Australia revision of future productivity expectations down from 1 per cent to 0.7 per cent year-on-year that presaged slower economic growth and smaller living standards improvements. Treasurer Jim Chalmers dismissed suggestions Australia was experiencing an economic crisis, but said the nation faced a productivity challenge and the Albanese government's 'big agenda' would address the issue.
