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News - RamRam Trucks Australia eyes export potentialPotential to export remanufactured RHD 1500s to other markets: Ram Trucks Australia1 Sep 2025 By MATT BROGAN AMERICAN pick-up truck importer and remanufacturer Ram Trucks Australia says it has the potential to export converted 1500 models to other right-hand drive countries.
The idea is not without precedent as Queensland-based Bosscap Group has exported RHD Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks to Samoa and Barbados after it remanufactured them locally.
Boasting the strongest full-size pick-up sales in the segment – and with capacity available at its Clayton South facility – the firm says it will look to remanufacturing vehicles for export markets assuming the business case stacks up.
“At this point in time, we’re pretty busy doing what we’re doing right now. But I think in the future there is the potential for export of right-hand drive models,” said Ram Trucks Australia general manager Jeff Barber at the launch of the 1500 Rebel in Victoria last week.
“We would look at those larger, more advanced markets where similar buyer profiles exist and then work through whether that can be done or not.
“There are often barriers with tariffs and thing of that nature, and we’ve also got issues relating to transportation and so forth. But I think in the future there is the opportunity to do that.”
When asked whether the Trump administration’s tariff policies had yet to impact the local business – and its potential to expand into the export market – Mr Barber said that remanufacturing of pick-up models was so far immune to such risks.
He said that isolation from the impacts of tariff policies had helped strengthen Ram Trucks Australia’s resolve in moving forward with a business case for compatible right-hand drive markets.
“There are certainly reciprocal tariff issues that we are seeing play out, and that we have been watching very closely,” he stated.
“It has caused a lot of disruption to manufacturing plants in the US, Mexico, and Canada, so they (the factories) are having to really work on where they are doing things going forward.
“So, it does have an ongoing, longer-term impact. But we have seen no direct correlation between those (tariff policies) and price pressure on us.”
Mr Barber said Ram Trucks Australia would continue to monitor the situation before adjusting any part of the firm’s local operations – and before considering any expansion of its operations to cater for markets outside of Australia and New Zealand.
“We work very closely with the guys over there (in North America), and it’s a topic of conversation all the time,” he added.
“It’s changing a lot, and as the tariff negotiations are rolling out, they (the North American manufacturers) can then work through these things.
“It is incredibly complex, particularly looking at things (components) that are made in Canada, the United States, and Mexico that cross the border and then come back. All of that plays into how these guys are impacted and where they need to try and source their products from.”
While at this stage those issues had yet to affect Ram Trucks Australia’s local operations, Mr Barber was mindful that the situation would need to be closely monitored before further consideration was given to expanding into the exportation business.
“It’s not something we can do quickly – it will take some time to play out,” he concluded.
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