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Market Insight: New Prado to lead the pack

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TOYOTA is set to break records in 2025 with its newly launched LandCruiser Prado 250 Series expected to retail an unprecedented 27,000 units within its first 12 months on the market.    Strong orders – currently in excess of 17,000 – and...

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Isuzu Ute cracks 350,000 sales record

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ISUZU Ute Australia has celebrated a triple milestone this week, announcing that it has sold over 350,000 vehicles in Australia – comprising more than 250,000 D-Max and 100,000 MU-X models. With a grand total of 352,689 unit sales since...

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Subaru celebrates two-year reign as Australia's most satisfied SUV customers

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Subaru has proudly earned the title of Canstar Blue’s Most Satisfied Customers - SUV for the second consecutive year, highlighting the strong confidence and combined value that Subaru owners truly appreciate.  This esteemed recognition,...

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Prado possibilities centre on customer demand

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HYPE around the fifth-generation Toyota LandCruiser Prado is palpable – and entirely understandable given the time Australian buyers have had to wait to get behind the wheel.    With the 250 Series Prado now officially on sale Down Under,...

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Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain Wins Australia’s Best Value Ute Award

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Australia’s best value ute is the Isuzu D-MAX X-TERRAIN, a title awarded to the nameplate by EFTM Editor, Trevor Long, at the annual EFTM Best Awards, held in Sydney, on the 7th of November 2024. The ‘2024 EFTM Best Awards’ celebrated...

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RHD Toyota Tundra finally Australia-ready

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A FORMER General Motors factory building, once used as part of the assembly line for the Holden Torana, now plays a very different role in Australian vehicle manufacturing.   Today, the Dandenong facility, owned and operated by the Walkinshaw...

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Market Insight: Off-road SUV Surge

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OFF-ROAD SUV sales are surging with a number of key models scaling new peaks as Australian buyers want to have their cake and eat it too, thanks to these vehicles’ unique combination of ruggedness, towing ability and family friendliness. 

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Blade upgrades could extend beyond D-Max

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ISUZU Ute Australia (IUA) has teamed up with Walkinshaw Automotive in Melbourne for the new D-Max Blade off-road ute, but the brand says it is considering expanding the partnership into other segments such as its MU-X large SUV or applying the...

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Top safety marks for new Toyota Camry

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ANCAP has assessed the new-generation Toyota Camry as five-star safe, saying the mid-sized sedan set a record high score for Adult Occupant Protection of 95 per cent in its latest round of testing.   The assessment saw Camry achieve maximum...

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Market Insight: Ford Ranger vs Toyota HiLux

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TOYOTA’S RAV4 medium SUV may be topping Australia’s sales charts for now, but the Ranger versus HiLux battle is far from over.    Each of the duo’s four-wheel drive utes continue to sell in solid numbers, leading their segment by a...

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Personalisation key to younger Mustang audience

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FORD engineers say the gaming technology powering its customisable screen and new features like the electronic Drift Brake function are key to attracting younger buyers to its seventh-generation Mustang.   Shelby and Mustang brand manager Jim...

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For the third time this year the RAV4 has ousted utes from Australia’s top-seller spot

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TOYOTA is no stranger to the top of the sales charts Down Under, its HiLux light commercial utility challenging Ford’s Ranger for pole position for so long that it became almost expected that one of these workhorses would take number one spot.

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