Mark Skaife driving a HSV Maloo set a new world speed record for utes and pick-up trucks. It hasn’t been broken since.

These incredible cars were so ingrained in Australian history that it would make Steve Irwin proud, here's the history behind their origin.

Unlike other VU utes, the one-tonner uses a leaf ... at the National Motor Museum in Birdwood, South Australia, a bright yellow reminder of Holden’s world-class innovation.

Holden executives were secretly hatching a plan to save the brand by teaming up with the Chinese car maker behind MG and LDV.

That hubristic exercise was followed by a brief withdrawal from the Australian market before returning ... The Cannon XSR is GWM’s new top-shelf ute variant. The Astra's biggest problem is probably ...

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Police have revealed that two teenage boys were killed when their off-road motorcycle crashed with a ute at the weekend.