Australia’s best-selling medium-sized European van, the Renault Trafic, is gaining a new sibling as the French manufacturer rejigs its Trafic range, enabling buyers to take advantage of Government incentives for tax breaks when purchasing new equipment. Into the Renault model mix comes an 85 kW long-wheelbase variant, extending the range lengthwise from the short-wheelbase 5.2-cubic-metre version that uses the same ...

New Pik-Up Line  Mahindra Automotive Australia Pty Ltd (MAAPL) has released the next generation PikUp onto the Australian market. Originally launched in Australia in 2007, the new Mahindra PikUp boasts significant enhancements in its drivetrain to 103 KW of power / 330 Nm Torque, an all-new 6-speed gearbox and totally new  interiors  with the inclusion of ISOFIX child restraints with top ...

Here’s to taking the hard out of hard work It is hard to beat value for money and it is hard to beat good quality for a price, but when you combine both in equal measure what you get is a package that is celebrated for its easy approach to work, with additional capability up its sleeve That is what ...

Mahindra’s latest Genio is a highly competent competitor in the Aussie ute market The Australian ute buyer has come to terms with the demise of the traditional Falcon and Commodore ute variants, and, apart from those intent on living the V8 dream, when it comes to replacement it’s time to look further afield. If you are in the market for ...

Delivery Magazine’s Ute of the Year contest promotes some interesting results in the fit-for-purpose equation It’s the thriving segment of the light commercial vehicle industry and utes figure large in the buyer’s mindset as a bridge between workhorse and status symbol. But just which models work better than others can only be debated after extensive comparison testing running at the ...

Mahindra has just upstaged the ute market by producing a new approach to space, comfort and practicality. If you line up all the current crop of new ute designs, minus their individual badge identification, picking the manufacturer of each individual make and model is actually not an easy task. Such is the commonality of overall appearance, that, barring a few ...

It might look a little strange but the latest Mahindra PikUp works well and is very economical ‘Never judge a book by its cover’ our parents urged us as children, and this old home truth applies rather well to the Mahindra PikUp. This work vehicle’s quirky exterior hides a roomy interior, a state-of-the-art engine, a slick transmission and the first ...