Ram Trucks Australia celebrates 30,000 deliveries of its big American pickup trucks
A customer based in south-east Queensland took delivery of the company's 30,000th vehicle, a Delmonico Red Ram 1500 Limited, in late June 2025.
By the end of June, Ram Trucks Australia had reached 30,123 deliveries.
The result comes just over a decade since the first Ram was sold in Australia on December 24 – Christmas Eve – in 2015.
Ram Trucks Australia celebrated the production of 30,000 locally remanufactured vehicles last May, with a Billet Silver Big Horn rolling out of its facility in Melbourne.
"We would like to thank our customers who drove us to this incredible milestone of 30,000 sales in Australia," Ram Trucks Australia general manager Jeff Barber said in a statement.
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"We also must thank the 200-plus production line workers and 50-plus engineers in Melbourne who remanufacture our vehicles from left-hand-drive to right-hand-drive to factory quality and safety standards.
"From humble beginnings we achieved a level of sales success that exceeded our expectations."
The Ram 1500 lineup here was updated in 2025 with a facelifted model bringing the new-generation twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre 'Hurricane' inline six-cylinder petrol engine and eight-speed automatic with four-wheel drive.
Offered in two model grades, the Hurricane-powered 1500 produces 313kW of power and 635Nm of torque in the entry-level Laramie Sport – at $141,950 before on-road costs – and 403kW/707Nm in the $159,590 Limited.
Both were previously powered by a thirstier 5.7-litre V8 petrol engine making 291kW/556Nm, dropped for 2025 – although there are still stocks of the 2024 V8-powered Ram 1500 Big Horn in Australia.
Yet Ram has confirmed the return of the V8 to US showrooms, with the 5.7-litre 'Hemi' making a comeback in the 1500 next year, although Ram Trucks Australia has not yet announced if that means a return to the local lineup.
"The return of the Hemi V8 is a decision that has been made for the US market. As it stands today, there is no guarantee the Hemi V8 will return to Australian showrooms," said a Ram Trucks Australia spokesperson.
Ram Trucks Australia has faced off a growing number of competitors arriving on the scene since its 2015 start.
It was pipped at the post for the top spot in full-size pick-up sales last year, with the Chevrolet Silverado – the only competitor currently offering a V8 in Australia – selling 10 more units with a total of 3862.
In the first six months of 2025, the Silverado leads the Ram with 1807 deliveries against 1663, both well ahead of the Ford F-150 on 545 – with the latter currently thwarted by an official stop-sale placed upon it by Ford Australia.
The newest entry to the class, the Toyota Tundra, notched 378 deliveries to the end of June.
The Ram, Chevrolet and Toyota are 'remanufactured' to right-hand drive by Walkinshaw Automotive in Melbourne, with the Ford the outlier as it's converted by Thai-based company RMA in a facility north of Melbourne.
MORE: Explore the Ram Trucks showroom
MORE: Ram 1500 revives Hemi V8 as brand fixes "mistake", Australian return unconfirmed
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
Ram Trucks Australia has notched a milestone, with its 30,000th vehicle delivered since its local operation began in 2015.
A customer based in south-east Queensland took delivery of the company's 30,000th vehicle, a Delmonico Red Ram 1500 Limited, in late June 2025.
By the end of June, Ram Trucks Australia had reached 30,123 deliveries.
The result comes just over a decade since the first Ram was sold in Australia on December 24 – Christmas Eve – in 2015.
Ram Trucks Australia celebrated the production of 30,000 locally remanufactured vehicles last May, with a Billet Silver Big Horn rolling out of its facility in Melbourne.
"We would like to thank our customers who drove us to this incredible milestone of 30,000 sales in Australia," Ram Trucks Australia general manager Jeff Barber said in a statement.
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"We also must thank the 200-plus production line workers and 50-plus engineers in Melbourne who remanufacture our vehicles from left-hand-drive to right-hand-drive to factory quality and safety standards.
"From humble beginnings we achieved a level of sales success that exceeded our expectations."
The Ram 1500 lineup here was updated in 2025 with a facelifted model bringing the new-generation twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre 'Hurricane' inline six-cylinder petrol engine and eight-speed automatic with four-wheel drive.
Offered in two model grades, the Hurricane-powered 1500 produces 313kW of power and 635Nm of torque in the entry-level Laramie Sport – at $141,950 before on-road costs – and 403kW/707Nm in the $159,590 Limited.
Both were previously powered by a thirstier 5.7-litre V8 petrol engine making 291kW/556Nm, dropped for 2025 – although there are still stocks of the 2024 V8-powered Ram 1500 Big Horn in Australia.
Yet Ram has confirmed the return of the V8 to US showrooms, with the 5.7-litre 'Hemi' making a comeback in the 1500 next year, although Ram Trucks Australia has not yet announced if that means a return to the local lineup.
"The return of the Hemi V8 is a decision that has been made for the US market. As it stands today, there is no guarantee the Hemi V8 will return to Australian showrooms," said a Ram Trucks Australia spokesperson.
Ram Trucks Australia has faced off a growing number of competitors arriving on the scene since its 2015 start.
It was pipped at the post for the top spot in full-size pick-up sales last year, with the Chevrolet Silverado – the only competitor currently offering a V8 in Australia – selling 10 more units with a total of 3862.
In the first six months of 2025, the Silverado leads the Ram with 1807 deliveries against 1663, both well ahead of the Ford F-150 on 545 – with the latter currently thwarted by an official stop-sale placed upon it by Ford Australia.
The newest entry to the class, the Toyota Tundra, notched 378 deliveries to the end of June.
The Ram, Chevrolet and Toyota are 'remanufactured' to right-hand drive by Walkinshaw Automotive in Melbourne, with the Ford the outlier as it's converted by Thai-based company RMA in a facility north of Melbourne.
MORE: Explore the Ram Trucks showroom
MORE: Ram 1500 revives Hemi V8 as brand fixes "mistake", Australian return unconfirmed
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
Ram Trucks Australia has notched a milestone, with its 30,000th vehicle delivered since its local operation began in 2015.
A customer based in south-east Queensland took delivery of the company's 30,000th vehicle, a Delmonico Red Ram 1500 Limited, in late June 2025.
By the end of June, Ram Trucks Australia had reached 30,123 deliveries.
The result comes just over a decade since the first Ram was sold in Australia on December 24 – Christmas Eve – in 2015.
Ram Trucks Australia celebrated the production of 30,000 locally remanufactured vehicles last May, with a Billet Silver Big Horn rolling out of its facility in Melbourne.
"We would like to thank our customers who drove us to this incredible milestone of 30,000 sales in Australia," Ram Trucks Australia general manager Jeff Barber said in a statement.
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"We also must thank the 200-plus production line workers and 50-plus engineers in Melbourne who remanufacture our vehicles from left-hand-drive to right-hand-drive to factory quality and safety standards.
"From humble beginnings we achieved a level of sales success that exceeded our expectations."
The Ram 1500 lineup here was updated in 2025 with a facelifted model bringing the new-generation twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre 'Hurricane' inline six-cylinder petrol engine and eight-speed automatic with four-wheel drive.
Offered in two model grades, the Hurricane-powered 1500 produces 313kW of power and 635Nm of torque in the entry-level Laramie Sport – at $141,950 before on-road costs – and 403kW/707Nm in the $159,590 Limited.
Both were previously powered by a thirstier 5.7-litre V8 petrol engine making 291kW/556Nm, dropped for 2025 – although there are still stocks of the 2024 V8-powered Ram 1500 Big Horn in Australia.
Yet Ram has confirmed the return of the V8 to US showrooms, with the 5.7-litre 'Hemi' making a comeback in the 1500 next year, although Ram Trucks Australia has not yet announced if that means a return to the local lineup.
"The return of the Hemi V8 is a decision that has been made for the US market. As it stands today, there is no guarantee the Hemi V8 will return to Australian showrooms," said a Ram Trucks Australia spokesperson.
Ram Trucks Australia has faced off a growing number of competitors arriving on the scene since its 2015 start.
It was pipped at the post for the top spot in full-size pick-up sales last year, with the Chevrolet Silverado – the only competitor currently offering a V8 in Australia – selling 10 more units with a total of 3862.
In the first six months of 2025, the Silverado leads the Ram with 1807 deliveries against 1663, both well ahead of the Ford F-150 on 545 – with the latter currently thwarted by an official stop-sale placed upon it by Ford Australia.
The newest entry to the class, the Toyota Tundra, notched 378 deliveries to the end of June.
The Ram, Chevrolet and Toyota are 'remanufactured' to right-hand drive by Walkinshaw Automotive in Melbourne, with the Ford the outlier as it's converted by Thai-based company RMA in a facility north of Melbourne.
MORE: Explore the Ram Trucks showroom
MORE: Ram 1500 revives Hemi V8 as brand fixes "mistake", Australian return unconfirmed
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
Ram Trucks Australia has notched a milestone, with its 30,000th vehicle delivered since its local operation began in 2015.
A customer based in south-east Queensland took delivery of the company's 30,000th vehicle, a Delmonico Red Ram 1500 Limited, in late June 2025.
By the end of June, Ram Trucks Australia had reached 30,123 deliveries.
The result comes just over a decade since the first Ram was sold in Australia on December 24 – Christmas Eve – in 2015.
Ram Trucks Australia celebrated the production of 30,000 locally remanufactured vehicles last May, with a Billet Silver Big Horn rolling out of its facility in Melbourne.
"We would like to thank our customers who drove us to this incredible milestone of 30,000 sales in Australia," Ram Trucks Australia general manager Jeff Barber said in a statement.
Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now.
"We also must thank the 200-plus production line workers and 50-plus engineers in Melbourne who remanufacture our vehicles from left-hand-drive to right-hand-drive to factory quality and safety standards.
"From humble beginnings we achieved a level of sales success that exceeded our expectations."
The Ram 1500 lineup here was updated in 2025 with a facelifted model bringing the new-generation twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre 'Hurricane' inline six-cylinder petrol engine and eight-speed automatic with four-wheel drive.
Offered in two model grades, the Hurricane-powered 1500 produces 313kW of power and 635Nm of torque in the entry-level Laramie Sport – at $141,950 before on-road costs – and 403kW/707Nm in the $159,590 Limited.
Both were previously powered by a thirstier 5.7-litre V8 petrol engine making 291kW/556Nm, dropped for 2025 – although there are still stocks of the 2024 V8-powered Ram 1500 Big Horn in Australia.
Yet Ram has confirmed the return of the V8 to US showrooms, with the 5.7-litre 'Hemi' making a comeback in the 1500 next year, although Ram Trucks Australia has not yet announced if that means a return to the local lineup.
"The return of the Hemi V8 is a decision that has been made for the US market. As it stands today, there is no guarantee the Hemi V8 will return to Australian showrooms," said a Ram Trucks Australia spokesperson.
Ram Trucks Australia has faced off a growing number of competitors arriving on the scene since its 2015 start.
It was pipped at the post for the top spot in full-size pick-up sales last year, with the Chevrolet Silverado – the only competitor currently offering a V8 in Australia – selling 10 more units with a total of 3862.
In the first six months of 2025, the Silverado leads the Ram with 1807 deliveries against 1663, both well ahead of the Ford F-150 on 545 – with the latter currently thwarted by an official stop-sale placed upon it by Ford Australia.
The newest entry to the class, the Toyota Tundra, notched 378 deliveries to the end of June.
The Ram, Chevrolet and Toyota are 'remanufactured' to right-hand drive by Walkinshaw Automotive in Melbourne, with the Ford the outlier as it's converted by Thai-based company RMA in a facility north of Melbourne.
MORE: Explore the Ram Trucks showroom
MORE: Ram 1500 revives Hemi V8 as brand fixes "mistake", Australian return unconfirmed
Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
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Unfortunately the CEO didn't provide any further details, simply stating "there will be more speculation about that before we can say anything more concrete". For most markets the XC90 is built in Torslanda, Sweden. At present the Charleston plant builds the EX90 and Polestar 3. The XC60, Volvo's most popular model, will be added to the South Carolina factory by the end of 2026. CarExpert can save you thousands on a new Volvo XC90. Click here to get a great deal. The XC90 is no stranger to longer-than-normal lifecycles. The first-generation model (above) launched in 2002, and it took until 2015 before the second-generation version began trundling down the production line. It has since received two facelifts, the first in 2019, and the most recent in 2024. The current facelift is more substantial with a new bonnet, headlights, grille, bumpers, tail-lights, and a dashboard tweaked to incorporate a larger touchscreen. Volvo had hoped this facelift would see the vehicle through to 2030 when the company planned to discontinue production of all cars with internal combustion engines (ICE). The XC90's electric equivalent and eventual successor, the EX90 (below), was revealed in 2022, but didn't enter production until 2024 due to a software issues. According to Mr Samuelsson, production of the EX90 is now ramping up after "considerable improvements of the software quality". The company made the commitment to go EV-only in 2021. According to Mr Samuelsson "the electric market is not growing as fast as we thought some years ago, but it's still growing". As such, Volvo has subsequently revised its target, hoping to have electrified vehicles – plug-in hybrid and full electric – account for 90 per cent of global sales by 2030. With the petrol engine's sunset pushed off to 2035 or later, in May Volvo launched its first new non-EV model in years: the reborn XC70. Based on Geely's Scalable Modular Architecture (SMA), the XC70 is a long range plug-in hybrid with either a 22kWh or 40kWh battery. It was developed in China as part of Volvo's plan to give its China, Europe and US arms more autonomy. The XC70 (below) is currently only slated for sale in China, but the company has left the door ajar for sales elsewhere stating it will consider "potential additional markets at a later stage". In the call with investors, Mr Samuelsson noted long-range plug-in hybrids as a pragmatic solution "that we will need for some more years than we thought". He also noted such drivetrains were "something European consumers will want to have in the future", and that Volvo was "looking at various possibilities to be in that market segment". We don't know if he's referring to the new XC70 specifically, or, possibly, hinting the new XC90 will also go down this path. Given the company's need to satisfy Europe's tightening emissions rules, as well as appeal to Chinese consumers who have a growing appetite for long-range plug-in hybrids and extended range electric vehicles (EREV), it seems likely the third-generation XC90 will follow the XC70's template. MORE: Everything Volvo XC90 Content originally sourced from:
