
LCV News

ONE MILLION KS NO PROBLEM FOR IVECO DAILY
Most new van buyers will likely have low expectations of their vehicle ever reaching the magic 1,000,000 kilometre mark, let alone comfortably exceeding it, but the owner of the Kebab Factory, Akin Sezgin, had a […]

VOLKSWAGEN TO BUILD ELECTRIC PICK-UP
Volkswagen has made a big commitment to the U.S. market announcing it would build two new vehicles just for that market. What’s really interesting though is that the vehicles will be sold under a new […]

RENAULT TACKLES DELIVERIES WITH THREE-PRONGED APPROACH
This could be a glimpse into the future of last-mile delivery – a Renault Van that also comes with two other electric delivery vehicles onboard. It’s known as the Renault Trucks E-Tech Master OptiModale, and […]

ACCOLADE FOR 2022 ISUZU D-MAX
One of Australia’s best-selling utes, the Isuzu D-Max has just scored a major award in the United Kingdom. The 2022 Isuzu D-Max was named winner of Trade Van Driver’s ‘Best Workhorse Pick-up’ accolade. Trade Van […]

FORD E-TRANSIT CUSTOM FOR AUSTRALIA
Ford Australia has confirmed we will get an all-electric version of the popular Transit Custom van. Known as the Ford E-Transit Custom, the offering will land in Australia in 2024, becoming the third electrified vehicle […]

LDV BREAKING THROUGH IN VAN MARKET
The latest VFACTS vehicle sales data shows an increasing number of Australian businesses are giving the LDV a real go. The Chinese brand managed to top the heavy van section of the light-duty commercial vehicle […]

PEUGEOT ELECTRIC VAN GETS UPGRADE
Van buyers in Europe now have an updated version of the Peugeot e-Boxer van available to them. Not available in Australia at the moment, the e-Boxer is a large plug-in electric van that is offered […]

HILUX ON TOP IN APRIL 2022 LCV SALES RACE
It’s a tough nut for any other competitor to crack, Toyota again taking bragging rights in the April 2022 vehicle sales race. And it was the HiLux that not only topped the Light Commercial Vehicle […]

RENAULT CONSIDERS NISSAN CULL
There could be a pending shift in the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) universe with Renault considering shedding at least some of its ownership in Nissan. The two automakers have been collaborating since 1999 when both […]

MITSUBISHI EXPRESS PULLED FROM AUSSIE MARKET
There’s now one less option for Australian van buyers with Mitsubishi Motors announcing the withdrawal of the Express van. The Mitsubishi Express was a long-established player in the Aussie van market until 2005, in 2018 […]

NEW-GEN VOLKSWAGEN AMAROK GOES ELECTRIC
One of Australia’s best-selling LCVs, the Volkswagen Amarok, could be offered here with an all-electric powertrain. In Germany, Volkswagen has just announced that the new-generation Volkswagen Amarok (seen in camouflage above) will be offered with […]

VW OFFERS EXTRA ‘ALPINE’ OFF ROAD PACKAGES FOR AMAROK
Volkswagen has launched a limited edition of its Amarok V6 introducing the Amarok Alpine and Alpine Plus off-road packages in collaboration with Seikel, which the company says further lifts the rough terrain performance of the […]