Chinese 'halo car' revealed in government filings: 2025 LDV eTerron 9 and Terron 9 will be the brand's next breed of electric and diesel-powered utes to rival the BYD Shark 6, Ford Ranger, GWM Cannon Alpha and Toyota HiLux

Homologation documents submitted to the Australian Government’s road vehicle regulator have revealed two brand new LDV utes with electric and diesel powertrains.

The electric model will be known as the eTerron 9, while the diesel model will be called the Terron 9.

Both are significantly bigger than anything LDV has produced in the ute segment to date, with filings showing a vehicle length of 5500mm, a width of 1997mm, a height of 1860mm and wheelbase of 3300mm.

That puts the Terron 9 siblings closer in size to the GWM Cannon Alpha, which is 5445mm, rather than Australia’s top-selling dual cab utes like the Ford Ranger, which is 5370mm long, or Toyota HiLux (5260mm).

The eTerron 9 will be offered in two grades, one of which LDV has already revealed as an all-wheel drive, dual-motor variant, with a power output of 325kW.

Homologation filings show a less powerful rear-wheel drive electric variant with a 200kW output as well, although driving range and drivetrain specifications remain unclear at this stage.

CarsGuide recently caught a glimpse of the top-spec variant in Melbourne prior to the homologation filing, where LDV spokesperson Oliver Peagam emphasised the importance of the eTerron 9 ute for the brand.

“I'd kind of look at it as more a halo model in the first instance, to show that we can develop electric products and improve them pretty quickly,” he said.

The eTerron 9 will be the much-anticipated follow up to the LDV eT60, which made history for the brand in 2022 as Australia’s first-ever electric dual-cab ute.

With a lacklustre driving range and rear-wheel drive only, the eT60 met an underwhelming response in the Australia market, evidenced by the brand's sales tally of just 16 units for 2024 to September.

But the eTerron 9 promises a considerable bump in driving range, up from 330km on the eT60 to 430km, not to mention a far more powerful all-wheel drive powertrain.

It will also gain vehicle-to-load functionality, a dual-screen panoramic display for driver’s and multimedia functions, as well as handy features like an electronic tailgate.

Sales aren’t expected to skyrocket in the first instance, particularly as EV demand fluctuates, but Peagam said that’s why the brand has backed it up with a diesel offering as well.

“We understand our core market, and we understand that some people want diesel, and some people want electric," he said.

Homologation filings show the diesel-powered Terron 9 will have a slightly different look from its electric sibling, ditching the LED light bar that spans the eTerron 9’s front end and replacing it with a huge Hyundai Palisade-like grille.

It also gets striking LED light signatures that look to be inspired by the larger Ford F-150. Nonetheless, it maintains the same boxy shape as the eTerron 9, and appears to maintain the rear LED light bar and LDV branding.

The Terron 9 will be offered in two all-wheel drive and two rear-wheel drive guises, with the class-topping variant poised for an in-line four-cylinder 2.5-litre turbo-diesel engine that delivers an output of 163kW and four-wheel drive.

Power on all variants will be transferred through an eight-speed automatic transmission with braked towing capacity listed at 3500kg.

It appears as though two suspension configurations are complied for the Terron 9, a 3.3-tonne and 3.5-tonne GVM in both rear- and four-wheel drive.

Although the figures aren't made public by LDV just yet, it looks like there will be impressive payloads available, ranging from around 979kg at the lowest and 1329kg at the highest, based on the gross combination mass and tare weights. Even the AWD eTerron 9 looks to have 950kg of carrying capacity.

CarsGuide understands that the eTerron 9 and Terron 9 utes will arrive in Australian showrooms in the first half of next year.