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The new Ford Ranger has been designed to look tough like a footy player - and has new V6 muscle. Daily Mail Australia test drove the first new ute in a decade as stock began arriving at dealerships.

A total 81,065 vehicles sold in Australia in April - a 12.2% decrease on the same month in 2021 (11,282

- shares For only the second time in Australian automotive history, utes filled the top three sales spots outright in a given month, with record Ford Ranger sales leading the market ahead of the Toyota HiLux and Isuzu D-Max in June 2021. The first time utes dominated the Top Three was in June 2018, when the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger led the Mitsubishi Triton in third place. According to official new-car sales figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, last mont...

Business loans for utes have surged by 187 per cent in a year, the Commonwealth Bank said. This coincided with the federal governments generous instant asset write-off scheme.

- shares New-car sales continue to show signs of a strong recovery as the Australian economy bounces back from coronavirus lockdowns and border restrictions imposed through much of last year. Official new-car sales figures for May 2021 released today show demand for new motor vehicles has returned to pre-COVID19 levels, but it was the second-best May result rather than a record. A total of 100,809 new vehicles were reported as sold in May 2021, an increase of 68.3 per cent compared to the di...

Motorists are shunning hatchbacks with Honda Civic sales plunging by 74 per cent in just one year. The small car was once a top seller in Australia but in May just 132 were sold, a sharp drop from the 503 that left showrooms during the same month in 2020, new Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries data showed. The Ford Focus also bled with only 87 finding a home last month, down 48 per cent from 167 a year earlier. While Covid supply constraints have affected some manufacturers, they were far...

- shares Demand for new cars continued their recovery across Australia for the fifth month in a row, with official March results released today showing steady growth as the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger continued to lead the charts and utes filled four of the Top 10 positions. However, despite the positive signs, dealers say the figures could have been much higher – and they are taking more orders than they have cars to deliver – if not for severe stock shortages of popular models due to ...