The Ford F-150 joined Australia’s lineup back in 2023, converted to right-hand drive (RHD) by RMA Automotive for sale in the local market. While American customers are already enjoying the refreshed F-150, it won’t make landfall in Oceania until later this year, although an expanded trim level lineup at least somewhat cuts the sting of the delay. For its part, The Blue Oval says that it’s fully on board with making the F-150 a staple of Australian streets for the foreseeable future despite its somewhat sluggish rollout.
According to a report from Carsales, Ford Australia Marketing Director Ambrose Henderson says that the automaker is committed to the Ford F-150 for the local market. He’s confident that the refreshed model will prove popular Down Under, and expects the F-150 to stick around in Australia for a while yet.
“We’re going to continue investing in [F-150] locally here,” Henderson said. “Having seen the facelift that we’ll launch in the second half of the year, it looks amazing, it’s really exciting. I’m sure customers will engage with that, and we’ll continue to back that product going forward. F-150 has been a huge success in the US; we’ll get to that point here as well.”
Henderson said that the automaker is taking lessons from the rocky introduction of the Ford F-150 in Australia back in 2023. He is confident that the debut of the refreshed 2025 F-150 will go more smoothly, and that the pickup will become a staple on Australian streets.
“That continual improvement process is absolutely … a mindset that we have, and no doubt that when we launch the facelifted version in the balance of this year … we’ll see some good success with it,” he said.
Even so, The Blue Oval is opting to leave one popular model off the table. The F-150 Raptor won’t isn’t headed for Australia due to a lack of perceived interest in the high-performance pickup. However, the automaker asserts that the F-150 will continue to be sold in the market despite potential overlap with the Ford Ranger Super Duty.
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