There’s no denying the interest in future models from one particular brand Down Under
- 1. Next-gen 2025 Toyota HiLux takes shape
- Read about the upcoming 2025 HiLux
- 2. New Ford Ranger pricing revealed
- Read about Ford Ranger pricing
- 3. Upgraded Toyota Prado imminent
- Read about the upcoming Prado
- 4. Toyota LandCruiser goes upmarket
- Any LandCruiser news is good news
- 5. Toyota GR 86 now turbocharged
- Everybody loves the GR 86
Toyota will sell more than double the number of new vehicles than any other auto brand again this year in Australia, where the world’s biggest car-maker has a solid grip on no fewer than eight market segments.
And with all-new replacements for two of its best-sellers on the way, it’s hardly surprising there’s plenty of interest when it comes to news around them. We published almost 2500 news articles in 2022 and these were the five most popular of them.
1. Next-gen 2025 Toyota HiLux takes shape
Image: KDesign
When the nation’s top-selling vehicle is approaching its eighth birthday, any news about its all-new successor is big news. So when we published fresh intel and renders of the next-generation Toyota HiLux just last month, they went straight to the top of the charts.
Read about the upcoming 2025 HiLux
2. New Ford Ranger pricing revealed
The 2022 Ford Ranger was the only new model to threaten Toyota’s dominance in both the sales department and these pages this year, with pricing for the all-new Aussie-developed ute becoming our second most popular news story of 2022.
Read about Ford Ranger pricing
3. Upgraded Toyota Prado imminent
An all-new replacement for Australia’s top-selling large SUV is indeed imminent, but our third most read news article of 2022 previewed a minor model year tech upgrade for the evergreen Toyota Prado, such is the interest in the 13-year-old model.
Read about the upcoming Prado
4. Toyota LandCruiser goes upmarket
Image: KHANN
Any news about the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series is a big-clicker, but we were as surprised as anyone to learn this story about an overseas aftermarket bodykit for the new model ranked as our fourth most popular news article of 2022.
Any LandCruiser news is good news
5. Toyota GR 86 now turbocharged
GR 86
And in fifth place was news of another Toyota, the second-generation GR 86 sports coupe, receiving another not-so-relevant upgrade – in this case the GR Yaris’ turbo triple, but only for race and research purposes. Sure the headline was a bit cheeky, but go figure…
Everybody loves the GR 86
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