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

Holden's Utester concept will go on sale for about $10,000 more than a standard VU Commodore ute ... with the help of HSV, has developed a chassis/cab, one-tonne version of the VU.

“We see it as performance, just a different kind of performance,” HSV tells us, pointing to the ute's off-road chops rather than any blistering power figures. So does this Colorado-turned-SportsCat ...

The JAC T9 is the latest value-packed Chinese ute to arrive in Australia, but this time with something of a difference. The SportsCat Series II is perhaps not the kind of HSV we've grown accustomed to ...