I wish Kia the best of luck, seriously. And I hope they make the shape attractive because no one will buy an ugly vehicle.

If they wanted to make it as good as they can, they would have put the I6 diesel out of the Genesis .

So good to see Ponch back on screen!

Unfortunately none of those artists impressions look any good. I really hope its better looking than that.

After 5 years we know how it holds together

I just want the hilux champ. Utes are just open back SUV's these days, not a whole lot of utilitarian properties outside of towing capacities.

Cmon Kia, show us your Tassie

The 3.3 litre V6 turbo-petrol engine from the Kia Stinger makes sense for a top spec Tasman. The Stinger has been discontinued so that engine and gearbox needs a new home; I'd say Kia can easily upgrade that engine to be more torque focused; I'm guessing 240kw and 620Nm.

The main reason the Ford Ranger is so popular is the previous 3.2L engine and now the new V6 turbo. Most of us would want that in any of the brands but they're just not available. It's not that we want a bl**dy turbo four, Mr Journalist.

8:34 vertical headlights, that’s critical, you know, for all of our vertical Roads!

If they can manage 3.5t towing, 1t load and 5* safety rating as they say are their 3 benchmarks… there is definitely a market for that same drivetrain to be brought into the large SUV market as well. As far as I’m concerned, any competition is good competition.

Ponch! We’ve missed you

Great to see Ponch back!

What about the engine from the Kia Mojave 3.0l turbo v6?

I'm excited to see Kia going forward with this project. You said a lot of things in the video that weren't correct, though. The GV80 gets neither a 4 cylinder diesel nor the 3.3TT you mentioned. The Palisade doesn't get the DCT from the Sorento/Santa Fe. You should also be aware that this new ute will be heavily based on the Kia Mohave, and that was clear from the ute shown at 6:19 of this video. The Mohave comes with a V6 3L diesel, which would be much more affordable than the inline 6 in the Genesis. Maybe they could use that as well. Can't wait to find out!

The Kia will need more tha 440nm to compete with Ranger and Hilux, petrol engines won't cut it for towing in Australia or South Africa rural and outback areas. The trans must have a decent torque converter and decent exrenal cooling unlike Rangers woeful cooler. Manual diff lock and excellent Air conditioner. No 18 or 19 inch wheells, 16/17 inch big rubber for outback roads. Standard 3.5 ton hitch and electric brake provision. Jus sayin'

British Leyland Had a Tasman 6:51

I have just been driving some new KIA hire cars in the UK and Europe. We were passed by a large ute on a motorway in the UK. I was quite surprised to see that it had KIA on the tail gate. I just thought it was a standard model that was available already in Europe. It did not have shiny paint. Anyhow, I am totally impressed by the KIA sedans we had. The electronics were so far ahead it makes my old Nissan look like a dinosaur in comparison.

I recently seen first hand the head bolts pulling out of the engine block through to only 15mm of threads tapped into the Kia engine blocks There is a pandemic of these assortment of vehicles in a holding yard near me all new or near new for warranty. A google search will show you the issues from others

Hope they don’t copy the ranger reliability

Great to see Ponch back at it!

Keeyah, is such a great brand that they need to change their logo regularly so the plebs keep coming back for more......

Would be great if they can include a full time 4wd feature that you can also drive on the highway, the same as the Ford/Amarok does in the V6 versions, and also what Mitsubishi offer in their Super Select version. After owning 2 older model Amaroks with this type of driveline, I wouldn’t be going backwards to a 2wd Ute ever again. Just too many advantages and safe as well, even if it slightly increases fuel consumption. Interesting that the engine power output as quoted would only be slight more than the original Amarok 4 cylinder diesel Automatics, and they also had the 8spd auto with constant 4wd, but had no low range. So maybe KIA aren’t too far off the mark with these figures. Wonder if it will come out using Adblue as well for the Australian market like the new Triton, or just run straight diesel. I’m guessing when the new emissions come in it will be with Adblue, which is a pity. Just more stuff to go wrong. 🤔

If the inline 6 diesel turbo makes it to a Tasman, I'll be snagging one up for meself

No point benchmarking the best selling ute with a six cylinder TD, then supplying the market with a 4 cylinder........

We need a real Ute again !! Aussie muscle utes were the best

The tasman name was announced last year, they just hope we all forgot

I hope they get the styling right.

More Ponch!!

It may be good for mounting gutters. The main players have nothing to worry about. Its could pull floats in the Mardi gras.

I still have my Kia Borrego, which the Tasman frame is based on, great SUV, i have 400,000km on it.

All I want is a midsized Kia pickup based off the new Sorento front end and interior.

I have a musso and that easily carries a pallet. The strange thing I find is everyone asks about what it has and are surprised that their four door utes don’t. Just take the heated steering wheel. Why don’t all the others have this as standard.

Surely KIA can get more than 5% of Tasman sales out of a plugin hybrid variant. Kia Australia should be pushing for a PHEV ASAP, especially with the new emissions laws.

Meh, restyle the wheel arches.

I wish Canada had the same vehicular options as you have. We seem to be stuck doing what the B.S. of A. allows.

when all the name options were rubbed off the blackboard the first letters of each idea spelt TASMAN..... and Boonie was pretty happy!

I wanna see it compete in the US,

It looks great i just hope they will let you at least option a big engine.

I wouldn't mind one BUT no extended cab unfortunately that rules me out but if cost n whats on offer in features i might consider one. interesting if Santa Cruz might be coming to Australia?

Typing from the U.S. So, this is a Mid-sized truck and I assume it's going to be price competitive to the Ranger. It's going to boil down to cost and reliability and that could be tough for KIA because they are not the most reliable brand and people have mostly gone with KIA based on price. I had a KIA Rio, and I knew it was a short-term car when I bought it used. It served that purpose of being cheap to drive for a short term. I have reservations about buying a new KIA even with the 100K warranty. I looked at the Hyundi Santa Cruz and it looks great BUT, I don't trust the DCT gearbox considering the low milage failures. If KIA uses that Gear box run AWAY!!!

Unfortunately if they don’t make it a twin turbo it will have too much lag and a dangerous vehicle at intersections etc when crossing traffic, I’m getting rid of my sorento due to this issue

If you look at the Ranger you will see the V6 sells more than the I4 therefore what sells in Australia is bigger engines.

I hope they do a 3 litre

So is there or is there not a manual version?

2.2 TD won’t entice to many Aussie buyers unless it’s out puts are up here the 500nm/150kw.

Lets hope they get rid of the ugly plastic above the guards

Look nice actually!

Mr Rivaro, Mr Rivaro, Mr Rivaro !!!!!

I get using the Ranger as a benchmark but why not break the mould and go bigger and better? Why not a substantial leep forward? I mean the series 2 Ranger will come out and improve again. If they just bring out a benchmark car it will feel outdated very quickly eg Triton and D Max

KIA will do the same thing that Ford did with the Ranger. Sell it for a few years overseas and then bring it to the US market and it is immediately an old platform.

what about the new Australian emission regulations?

Nice

Still a motoring journalist of sorts ? How’s it going/been? Regards Tays

Here I am wondering if Hyundai will change their mind about the Santa Cruz.

Where’s the battery?

Hi Ponch

The Ranger is god but I would definitely say that the Chevy Colorado is better in the right trim and a 4x4 like a Z71 LT Trail Boss or the ZR2!

Probably gonna be based of the new mohave

I wish I6 diesel or kia big v8 aluminum 5.0v8 yep

Ranger may be good over there but in the usa the nissan frontier is blowing it up.

If it has a 2.2 diesel motor ( turbo or not) it WILL NOT SUCCEED in Australia.

The ranger killed itself with its wet belt engines.

Looks nice, But 2.2L not going to cut the MUSTARD.

Unless they put a real engine in it I can’t see it dethroning anything

Email today says it’s called KIA Tasman

Is it electric

I can't see any reason to upgrade my 2016 ranger....sorry

There is tough competition there are 9 established brands of utes in Australia getting back to the name Tasmsn you maybe to young to remember the Austin Tasman and Kimberley built my Leyland Australia and they are almost extinct and l remember many years ago Kia brought out a van to take on the Toyota Hiace well the Hiace us still around even many from years ago they are definitely not extinct and l totally forgot about the Kia van but l saw one a couple of months ago and when will be the first recall for the Kia Tasman Kia and Hyundai are famous for there recalls also will they build a Hyundai Kimberley l have seen cars come and go will this ute come and go

If it doesn’t compare to the torque of the Nissan six 550 than it’s not worth it for towing a caravan.

please no ev's (thermal runaway)

The last vehicle named Tasman was the early 70's BMC Austin Tasman aka the 'landcrab'.hardly a success really. How about the Kia Katoomba, Kia Katajula, Kia kunnunara, Kia Kalgoolie, Kia Kalbar, Kia Kapunda, Kia Kaputar, Kia Kalangaroo, much better choices for a bush basher I reckon!😊😊😊😊 Jus a suggestion!

Unfortunately, most of the new vehicle hype is just that. It could all fade away when they product turns out to be just another 4cy econobox with a few gimmicks better than the competitors. It will be a one engine fits all. Add to this the threat from the Gov to slug dual cab utes and that guarantees a standard 150Kw 450 - 500Nm powertrain. Just another face in the crowd.

Not sure we need another 2.2 Litre 4 cylinder Diesel Engine.? Having said that given Toyota is so slow to change models (10 year Span) the Tasman will steal sales from Toyota but not the V6 market. Toyota's Hilux is a fading and boring car that is now getting killed in high end SUV sales.

Need 3.3 twin turbo petrol stinger engine and long bed option too for people who don’t like diesel as they shit and expensive to maintain

Why don't motoring journalists know that the 3.3 stinger motor has never been used in a genesis gv car. They use a 3.5tt

I think KIA should just sell the "KM450" 😂😂

Another candidate for the LDV, Sang Yong, GWM club. I would have added MG (Mediocre Garbage)...but MG don't make a bespoke ute... it's a rebadged LDV! 😂

needs smaller cab an 6' box

Emotional Support Vehicle

Lots of Kia - Hyundai products with turbocharged engines have 10,000km service intervals, makes me think their durability is questionable....

V6 or go home !

It will be built like a car, no work history

An electric Ute will fail before it hits the market.

I like my GMC TOO MUCH LOL.

That engine might sell only because that is what we can get. We all REALLY want the V6 minimum and we want it in the base model. We don't want all the BS bling. Stick the EV crap

I hope they don't do that matt platisic cladding above the wheel arches. It looks hideous. 🤮

THIS DOESNT TELL ME N E THING WHY BOTHER ?????????

When and are they going make a PROPER ute, not these useless piece of sh*t 4 door things that pretending to be a ute with a tray that you can’t put half a meter of crushed rock because it might scratch the pretty thing???? Where is the one tonner!!!!???

no petrol no interest from me maybe if it gets a petrol fired engine i'll look at one

Kia and hyundai are garbage had bad experiences, and if you check around you will notice hoe many recalls they had and have and still and law sues they had, I would stay away from those two

Ok. I am going to just say it. I do not like the name. Boring. Insipid. Uninspired. I do really believe that they came up with the name by throwing a dart at a map. Kia Disruptor. Kia Avago. Kia Bushie. Kia Aurora. There are many good choices. Please.🙏. Kia CapAble (as in Tasman)!!😂 and importantly, make it a powerful hybrid.

Ranger killer? A fucking original beetle is a ranger killer 😂💀 they are absolute trash 😂 (I have one, my company have over 50+, they are all shite)

Dont see any serious ute owner jumping ship frpm a ranger pr hilux fpr this tbh...

Ponch looks swole

Cab and chassis yes no

Very careful script, how can u say it hits the benchmark when u havent seen one or driven one.sounds like you just simply believe anything they say, keeps things cosy i guess.

the worlds F#####

Looks like cardboard box from Australia Post

Do they want to compete with ranger yet they stuck an underwhelming base engine, yep definitely not going compete haha