New Utes Coming to Australia in 2026 and 2027: Towing, Payload, and Diesel vs Plug-In vs Electric

Utes are among the top-selling new vehicles in Australia, and the questions buyers ask about them are practical ones. How much will it tow? What can I put in the tray? And is the new wave of plug-in hybrids worth waiting for, or should I stick with a diesel? This list covers the utes we hold as coming soon, sorted by what the manufacturer has actually confirmed for Australia. For arrival months for each body type, see our 2027 month-by-month list.

We hold 10 coming-soon utes. Five are confirmed by the manufacturer or its local distributor. One, the new KGM Musso, is widely reported but not yet on KGM Australia's site. The other four we couldn't confirm, including the one stored as electric.

Confirmed Utes: Towing, Payload and Powertrain

None of the five has a printed Australian price yet. The Ram TRX SRT has been reported at $259,950, but Ram Trucks Australia's own page doesn't carry it, so we haven't used it.

The Plug-In Hybrid Utes

Chery Stockman: diesel plug-in, 3,495kg

The Stockman has the fullest figures of the lot, and it's also the clearest example of a date moving. Chery Australia's Stockman page calls it "Australia's first diesel PHEV ute". It pairs a 2.5-litre turbo diesel with electric drive for 350kW and 800Nm, a 3,495kg braked and 750kg unbraked tow rating, up to 96km of electric-only range and an official 1.1L/100km. Ground clearance is at least 247mm fully loaded, and the tub measures 1,560mm long and wide and 505mm deep. Chery said in February it would land in the fourth quarter of 2026; deliveries now start from 1 February 2027, with $1,000 reservations open until 30 November. There's no payload on the model page and no price, so those stay blank. Our Stockman specs story has more.

Nissan Navara Pro PHEV: 3,500kg and about a tonne of payload

Nissan's Navara Pro release is more upfront about payload than Chery. It says the Oceania-spec ute gets a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine with an electric motor in an eight-speed auto, a preliminary 300kW and 800Nm, a mechanical 4x4 system with a diff lock, "approximately 1,000kg of payload" and a 3,500kg braked tow rating, each subject to homologation. Nissan says it chose the 2.0-litre over the smaller global engine because of towing and payload. It joins the current Navara rather than replacing it, and arrives in 2027. More in our Navara Pro PHEV story.

JAC Hunter PHEV Pro Cab Chassis

JAC already sells the Hunter plug-in ute with a tub, and its Hunter page now lists a Pro Cab Chassis as "Coming soon". For the tub versions JAC prints 360kW, 3,500kg braked towing, 915kg payload and 1.6L/100km, but it hasn't published figures for the cab chassis, which will change both mass and payload. See our cab chassis row and cab chassis story.

The V8 and the Maybe

The Ram 1500 TRX SRT is the opposite of a plug-in: a supercharged Hellcat V8 that Ram Trucks Australia will convert to right-hand drive locally. Its general manager, Jeff Barber, told CarExpert the company expects "first arrivals and first deliveries in Q1" of 2027. Ram hasn't published Australian towing or payload figures for it. The Mahindra Lifestyler is the softest entry: Mahindra Australia's site carries the global release saying it debuts internationally by April 2027 and naming Australia among its target markets, but there's no Australian date, engine or grade list yet.

Diesel vs Plug-In Hybrid vs Electric: What's Actually Coming

Looking at the confirmed list as a whole, the direction is clear. Three of the five are plug-in hybrids, one is a petrol V8 and one hasn't named an engine. None is a conventional diesel, and none is fully electric. That doesn't mean diesel is going anywhere soon, since the big sellers are still diesel, but the new metal arriving is mostly plug-in.

• Diesel plug-in (Stockman). Diesel torque for long tows when the battery is flat, plus short electric runs around town. Chery's 96km electric figure is for unladen driving, so don't expect it with a van on the back.
• Petrol plug-in (Navara Pro PHEV, Hunter). Strong combined outputs and a low official fuel figure, but on a long tow with a flat battery you're running a petrol engine, so ask the dealer for real towing consumption before you buy.
• Electric. Nothing confirmed. The Isuzu D-Max EV was the one electric ute in our coming-soon set, and carsales has reported Isuzu ruling it out for Australia. Our best electric utes guide covers what you can buy now.

Towing With a Plug-In Ute: What to Check

A 3,500kg braked rating is the headline, but it's rarely the number that limits you. Check the gross combination mass (the maximum the ute and trailer can weigh together), the gross vehicle mass, and the tow ball download, because a heavy ball weight eats into payload. Plug-in utes carry a battery that adds mass, so their payload can sit below a diesel equivalent even when the tow rating matches. When Chery, Nissan and JAC publish full mass figures for these, we'll add them. In the meantime, our towing capacity and ball weight comparison and the best towing vehicles guide show how the current utes stack up, and our tray size comparison puts the Stockman's 1,560mm tub in context.

Reported, Not Confirmed: the New KGM Musso

The new-generation KGM Musso has been covered by three separately written Australian outlets. CarExpert and CarsGuide reported KGM saying it would arrive in October 2026, and Drive earlier reported mid-2026. Reported figures from certification documents include 133kW, a 3,500kg braked tow rating and 903kg to 1,123kg of payload, but KGM Australia hasn't published them. On 6 November its Musso page still showed the current ute, from $37,490 to $48,690 drive-away, with the Musso EV alongside. Our Musso story has the detail.

What Is Not Coming Yet

• Isuzu D-Max EV: reported as ruled out for Australia; Isuzu UTE Australia's Build and Quote covers the diesel D-Max and MU-X
• Jetour F700: a plug-in ute, but Jetour's Australian site carried no model content when we checked
• JMC Vigus and JMC Grand Avenue: no Australian page for either that we could read on 6 November

What This Means for Buyers

If you need a ute before Christmas, none of these will be in your driveway. The Stockman is the nearest, from February, and it still has no price. If a plug-in ute appeals, a refundable reservation costs little, but don't sign a contract until the price, payload and full mass figures are out. If you tow heavy and long, today's diesel utes remain the known quantity: see our best utes guide and best plug-in hybrid utes guide, and line any of them up on our compare page.

More from the same coming-soon data: 2027 month by month, the cars still due in 2026, new hybrids and plug-ins, new EVs and new Chinese cars and brands.