The independent safety body will test auto emergency braking, pedestrian detection and lane keeping assistance features in full-sized pick-up trucks in a new push to make roads safer. The vehicles have not been included in ANCAP testing to date, though that will change in 2025. Speaking at NSW’s CrashLab testingContinue Reading

A new four-wheel-drive is on the way from the land where bigger is better. America’s GMC Yukon will join the Chevrolet Silverado in Australian General Motors Special Vehicles showrooms. Measuring a full metre longer than the latest Toyota LandCruiser, the GMC Yukon is an enormous SUV unlike any currently offeredContinue Reading

Ram’s new battery-electric pick-up truck isn’t what it appears to be. Dubbed the Ram 1500 Ramcharger the American brand’s boss Tim Kuniskis calls it the “ultimate electric truck” with “unlimited battery-electric range” and “zero need for a public charger”. It achieves this claim by using a 3.6-litre V6 petrol engineContinue Reading

Australians bought almost 110,000 new cars last month, setting a new record for August. The result is good news for new-car buyers, as it means that supply problems – which have led to inflated prices and long waits for delivery – are starting to ease. Utes led the sales surge.Continue Reading

Settling into a Bojangles restaurant in rural Virginia for chicken, biscuits and “fixins”, it’s clear we are in the home of the American pick-up truck. Super-sized machines in the drive-through lane rumble past the windows like cattle funnelled into a feedlot. Loaded with tools and hardware, many tow trailers asContinue Reading

The new Ford F-150 will be the most expensive model in the brand’s Australian history, with fully-loaded versions set to cost about $150,000 drive-away. A big chunk of the price stems from the need to re-engineer the models from left-hand-drive to right-hand drive. Originally built in the US, the America-sourcedContinue Reading

The ute of the future is taking shape. Space saved by ditching internal combustion engines, gearboxes and four-wheel-drive hardware will make new features possible for pick-up trucks. American pick-up specialist Ram has unveiled its vision for a next-gen ute in the Ram 1500 Revolution, a vehicle that goes well beyondContinue Reading