Compete With Toyota Hilux And Ford Ranger, Pickup Kia To Greet Australia For 2025?

JAKARTA - To compete with Toyota Hilux and the Ford Ranger, Kia will present a pickup truck for the Australian market.

Reporting from Drive.com.au, Saturday 27 May, Kia Ute will appear in the dealers' room in 2025. It was also said that Kia's pickup would be a serious challenger to the two cars.

The Kia pickup car has a model code "TK", but currently the name to use for the pickup has not been announced or leaked.

It is reported that the pickup from Kia will have the same crane and transport capacity as its rivals. This means that the pickup gets a maximum crane rating of up to 3,500 kg and the maximum payload is close to 1,000 kg.

It is still not certain what engine will be used in this pickup. However, it is possible that Kia will provide the model with a diesel engine.

That means the pickup is likely to share the engine with Kia Sorento and Hyundai Santa Fe, which is a 2.2 liter turbo 4-cylinder turbo engine or 6-cylinder turbo diesel with 3.0 liters in the luxury Genesis GV80 SUV.

Given that the manufacturer has also penetrated the world of electrification, the EV version of the pickup will also follow and Kia is developing two electric pickups. Although, the size will be different from the one in the Kangaroo country.

Unlike other manufacturers who are in partnership with other manufacturers to build a pickup, take the Ford Ranger and Volkswagen Amarok, Kia prefers to develop it on its own.

They consider Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger to be benchmarks for developing the pickup.