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The Foton Tunland ute can now be ordered with a full Carryboy Tradesman body unit, potentially making the Chinese light commercial more appealing to those after a cheap workhorse. Designed specifically to be fitted to the Tunland single and dual-cab chassis variants, the Carryboy body unit combines the accessibility of a drop-side tray with the security and weatherproofing of a canopy...
A fully-accessorised version of the Foton Tunland ute has been this week, which will make its Australian show debut at the National 4x4 Outdoors Show this weekend. With raised front and rear RidePro suspension, Dynamic Python alloy wheels wrapped in Toyo AT2 tyres, snorkel, canopy, Warn Winch and tow kit, the kitted-out Foton Tunland 4x4 Dual Cab looks the business...
The Foton Tunland ute has joined Holden’s Captiva SUVs in being recalled this week for a seemingly innocuous but potentially dangerous issue. Unlike the Captiva, however, which was recalled for a jack label that incorrectly defines a “safe working load”, the Tunland’s recall is due to a jack label that does not properly match the wording required by the the mandatory standard for vehicle jacks, AS/NZS 2693:2007...
This is the week where Australia’s monthly new car sales are released, and while most eyes are elsewhere, a battle for supremacy of a different kind is being waged. The battle in question is between a pair of fledgling Chinese brands. In the blue corner we have the established champion Great Wall, to this point the only one out of several Chinese contenders that has made any headway locally...
The new Foton Tunland 4x2 single-cab ute is due to arrive on sale in Australia by mid-September, priced at $21,990 driveaway. The Tunland single-cab was dropped as part of a range restructure by the Chinese brand's new local distributors, Ateco Automotive, earlier this year. But now the single-cab is back, in 4x2 and 4x4 guises - the latter attracting a price tag of $24,990 driveway...
The Foton Tunland ute has been relaunched under its new Australian distributor with a revised range and a new sub-$30K price tag for the 4x4 variant. The Chinese-built Tunland line-up now comprises just two dual-cab pick-up variants, the $26,990-driveaway 4x2 and the $29,990-driveaway 4x4...
The new Australian distributor of the Foton Tunland has discovered two safety issues with the Chinese-built ute that will force all models sold in Australia to be recalled. Ateco Automotive has recalled 318 Tunland utes sold by previous distributor FAA since 2012 after finding their jacks did not comply with the Australian Design Rule requirements for vehicle jacks...
The Foton Tunland range has been expanded with the addition of a new single-cab body style. The two new Tunland cab-chassis variants – priced from $24,990 driveaway for the 4x2 and $26,990 driveaway for the 4x4 – join the three existing dual-cab utes in Foton’s local line-up...
The Chinese-built Foton Tunland has been updated for 2014 with new technology, equipment, model designations and reduced driveaway pricing. Distributed locally by FAA Automotive Australia, the one-tonne dual cab Foton Tunland gains Bluetooth connectivity as standard equipment across the three-model range along with a new leather-wrapped steering wheel with phone and audio controls...
The local distributor of the Foton Tunland has developed a special version of the one-tonne ute designed specifically for Australian mines. FAA Automotive Australia's 'Mine Spec' Foton Tunland comes equipped with the necessary lighting required by vehicles operating in mines (including arevolving amber top light), as well as a steel external roll over protection system and anodised aluminium tray...
The Foton Tunland has been awarded a disappointing three-star ANCAP safety rating in the latest round of local crash testing. Despite Foton claiming its Chinese-built Tunland ute was designed in accordance with four-star Euro NCAP standards, the dual-cab's lack of electronic stability control (ESC) makes it ineligible for any more than a three-star rating under ANCAP's stricter criteria...
