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Big pickups to hit New Zealand

It wasn't that hard to predict. Ford will bring the world's best-selling pickup to New Zealand. More of a surprise: it seems Toyota will follow suit.

Demand for ‘full size’ trucks in New Zealand has driven GMSV and Ram a healthy head start on their rivals. Ram in particular recently celebrated the production of its 20,000th right-hand-drive pickup.

Respected motoring journalist Alastair Sloane broke the story on his website, autonews.nz:

“Truck market leaders Ford and Toyota are in the midst of signing off on right-hand-drive

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