It’s a tightly-run race these days for the coveted crown of best-selling 4X4, and there are two familiar faces at the top of the pack: Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux. Where other car news sites are including the 2X4 models, we’re going to only look at the 4WD models.
In 4X4 land, the Ford Ranger is continuing to grow it’s lead, racking up another 3,384 sales for May 2017. That’s 23.2% of the 4X4 ute market, and an impressive 20% growth in numbers compared to this time last year.
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In 2nd Place is Toyota’s never-say-die HiLux, which is surely basking in the glory from the cool Tonka Concept Toyota released this year. There are now another 3,136 4X4 Hiluxes on the roads these days, making a 9.1% growth for 2017. Impressively, the Ranger and Hilux account for almost of 45% of 4X4 utes sold.
From there, the numbers get progressively smaller. The much-improved Colorado made 1,699 sales, followed by the sharply-priced Triton (1,472). The improved Isuzu D-MAX is reaping dividends of outselling the mark-missing Navara (1,242 vs 1,194).
We can’t get our heads around why the Amarok isn’t doing better than it does, only selling 713 for the month, which is slightly more than the Mazda BT-50. In the meantime, the LandCruiser 70 Series, which still charges you a $2,700 premium on top of the high pricing for the privelidge of air conditioning, sold 824 units.
May 2017 4X4 Ute Sales
| Make | Model | Deriv | 2017 Month | 2017 Total | Share | 2016 Total | Month Variance | Year Variance |
| Ford | Ranger | 4X4 | 3,384 | 14,114 | 22.40% | 11,789 | 29.30% | 19.70% |
| Toyota | Hilux | 4X4 | 3,136 | 13,202 | 21.00% | 12,099 | 14.60% | 9.10% |
| Holden | Colorado | 4X4 | 1,699 | 7,423 | 11.80% | 6,095 | 32.80% | 21.80% |
| Mitsubishi | Triton | 4X4 | 1,472 | 7,661 | 12.20% | 7,571 | 16.90% | 1.20% |
| Isuzu | D-Max | 4X4 | 1,242 | 4,384 | 7.00% | 4,367 | 33.70% | 0.40% |
| Nissan | Navara | 4X4 | 1,194 | 5,439 | 8.60% | 5,904 | -20.50% | -7.90% |
| Toyota | Landcruiser | PU/CC | 824 | 3,227 | 5.10% | 2,833 | 26.40% | 13.90% |
| Volkswagen | Amarok | 4X4 | 713 | 3,237 | 5.10% | 3,518 | -5.10% | -8.00% |
| Mazda | BT-50 | 4X4 | 693 | 3,622 | 5.80% | 3,863 | -13.80% | -6.20% |
| Foton | Tunland | 4X4 | 139 | 320 | 0.50% | 294 | 131.70% | 8.80% |
| RAM | Laramie | 32 | 134 | 0.20% | 103 | 60.00% | 30.10% | |
| Great Wall | Steed | 4X4 | 19 | 89 | 0.10% | 0 | – | – |
| Nissan | Patrol | PU/CC | 7 | 95 | 0.20% | 103 | -72.00% | -7.80% |
| Mercedes-Benz | G-Wagon | CC | 6 | 16 | 0.00% | 67 | -66.70% | -76.10% |
| Ssangyong | Sports | 4X4 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 22 | -100.00% | -95.50% |
| RAM | BigHorn | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | -100.00% | -100.00% | |
| Land Rover | Defender | PU/CC | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | – | -100.00% |
| Great Wall | V200 | 4X4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | – | -100.00% |
