Foton has expanded its Australian retail network, with the addition of nine dealerships bringing its nationwide total to 28 locations.
Chinese brands now have locations in the Northern Territory and Tasmania, with offices distributed by Inchcape, which also handles Subaru, Deepal and Peugeot.
Foton has also opened new sales and service centres in metropolitan and regional areas across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. You can view all of Foton’s locations on its website.
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Tunland V7
In a statement, Foton Australia general manager Glen Cooper said ‘We are investing in our retail and service network to reflect Inchcape’s commitment to ensure that Fotoner owners have access to ‘a quality network of national support and well supported.
The network expansion now sees Foton operate dealerships in every state and territory in Australia.
Rival JAC, in contrast, has 47 locations, but lacks a presence in Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
Though its nameplate Foton is still used in Australia’s heavy commercial vehicles, it has been less consistent in the local ute market as well.
Under its initial run selling utes in Australia, which lasted from 2012 to 2019, Foton went through two distributors and then a factory-backed operation before fizzling out.
Models such as the Sauvana SUV and View van were short-lived, with Foton best known for the Tunland Ute which was available from 2012 to 2019.
This nameplate returned to the Australian market last year on a new-generation ute range, priced from $39,990 before on-road costs.
Tunland V9
The V7 is larger than the utes of rival competitors, but not quite as large as full-size American pickups’ styling apes; it has more than 1000kg payload and live rear axle with leaf springs (compared to multi-link setup at the rear) while the V9 caters for private buyers.
The first deliveries of the Tunland V7 and V9 were recorded in November 2025, and in January 2026 Foton shifted 120 examples across the entire Tunland lineup – narrowly beating the JAC T9 (118), KGM Musso (112 units, including the unrelated electric Musso), and matching the LDV Terron 9’s tally.
It fell short, however, of the similarly new MG U9 (216 units), let alone longer-running budget utes like the LDV T60 (301) and GWM Cannon (957, including the larger Cannon Alpha).
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