BIGGER and bolder than most and potentially set to create large scale market disruption - that seems to be the intended role for a new LDV dual cab utility.

The Terron 9 sits solidly above the make’s current T60 offering and is larger than many of the market’s best-known one tonne utes.

However, announcement today that it will offer in a single $59,990 Elite trim with a 163kW/520Nm 2.5-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel and 3500kg towing raises potential for disruption.

The new ute being physically larger and more advanced than the T60 one-tonne ute barely reflects in the price position, as it places just $4000 above the most expensive factory T60, the Max Plus. 

It also undercuts a special edition T60 Traverse created by the New Zealand distributor that has stickered for $67,990. 

T90 is built in rear-drive and all-wheel-drive formats; so far only the latter is being mentioned.

LDV NZ first acknowledged its interest in Terron 9 last year and has been trialling a diesel since. 

It confirmed the type’s 2025 introduction at an event in December, dedicated to showing off the T60 Max Plus.

Inchcape New Zealand has previously said it is still considering the fully electric Terron, and is encouraging anyone interested in taking the type in its battery format to get in touch. 

The electric model is markedly more advanced than the eT60; with superior performance and range, four-wheel-drive as an option to the rear-drive the eT60 delivers with and proper towing credibility. 

However it formats, Terron 9 is set to ultimately face competition here from a doppelgänger. Sister brand MG has determined to bring in, before year-end, the same product behind its own badge, as the U9.

Fronting up with a large grille and T-shaped daytime-running lights, the Terron 9 spawns from a Maxus GST concept revealed in China in 2023 and has maintained the same, Hummer-esque bodywork.

At 5500mm long, 1997mm wide and 1860mm tall, on a 3300mm wheelbase, it is one of the largest utes in the one-tonne arena; not only 105mm longer, 97mm wider, 41mm taller and 125mm longer in wheelbase than the T60, but also 130mm longer overall, 79mm wider and 30mm longer in wheelbase than a Ford Ranger Sport, albeit 26mm lower.

The cabin has two large screens, a two-spoke steering wheel and a 'floating' centre console.