Mazda BT-50 single- and extended-cab returning in early 2023

The present-generation Mazda BT-50 ute has been on sale in Australia now for roughly two years, but the corporate feels prefer it hasn’t had the possibility to shake its provide points till now.

Mazda Australia advertising and marketing director Alastair Doak informed CarExpert that provide of the BT-50 is ready to enhance from this month onwards, following a stop-sale of sure entry-level fashions.

“It nearly seems like we haven’t had a clear run at it,” stated Mr Doak.

“I imply clearly the primary 12 months we have been simply build up and trying to broaden the vary, and we launched the 1.9s and issues like that.

“After which we’ve had some fairly annoying provide points… however the excellent news is that they unlock as of this month.

“We’re nonetheless going to pay attention initially on the three.0-litre double-cab, however the [XS and XT single-cab and extended-cab variants] will come again on-line early subsequent 12 months,” added Mr Doak.

As reported again in August this 12 months, single-cab and extended-cab variations of the BT-50 – solely accessible in XS and XT trim ranges – are topic to a short lived stop-sale because of provide constraints.

“As we proceed to really feel the impacts of the worldwide automotive trade provide constraints, manufacturing for sure Mazda BT-50 mannequin grades – XS and XT in Single Cab and Freestyle Cab configuration solely – are topic to prolonged manufacturing delays,” stated a Mazda Australia spokesperson in August.

“Throughout this time we’re working to prioritise present buyer orders, and a restricted amount of inventory of those variants stays accessible in dealerships. We suggest prospects contact their native Mazda retailer for extra data.”

“Our dealerships will proceed to liaise instantly with affected prospects to replace them on timings and availability of their particular person orders.”

This implies essentially the most inexpensive BT-50 you may at the moment purchase is the XS 1.9-litre 4×2 dual-cab, which begins at $42,890 earlier than on-road prices. That’s nearly $9,000 greater than the XS 4×2 single-cab with the identical 1.9-litre engine ($33,950) that’s at the moment not accessible to order.

This isn’t the primary time Mazda has enforced a stop-sale on the BT-50 this 12 months, after orders for the 1.9-litre fashions have been paused in April because of a defective engine sensor. This situation additionally affected the associated Isuzu D-Max.

The Mazda BT-50 has been posting document gross sales over the previous 12 months, with 15,662 models delivered in 2021 – an all-time document which even exceeded the model’s personal projections.

Till the top of September this 12 months, Mazda has bought a complete of 1986 BT-50 4x2s (up 7.6 per cent) and 8018 BT-50 4x4s (up 5.5 per cent).

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