Tank 300

The Ultra Diesel, at about $53,000 driveaway on mid-2026 pricing, is the strongest all-rounder: touring-grade diesel range and the plusher Ultra cabin without the plug-in premium, with the same 3,000kg braked tow rating every grade shares. The Lux Diesel saves roughly $4,000 and keeps every piece of off-road hardware plus the 360-degree camera, so a fixed budget lands there happily. The Ultra Petrol suits shorter suburban running. The two Hi4-T plug-ins repay their grade-for-grade premium, $7,000 at launch-offer prices and $9,000 at standard pricing, only if you can charge at home and cover most commuting on the battery.

Yes. Under every Tank 300 sits a separate chassis, a transfer case with proper low-range reduction and lockable differentials at both axles, hardware most SUVs at the price skip entirely. Clearance is roughly 224mm, the approach angle 29 degrees and wading depth 800mm, and the plug-in hybrid surrenders none of it. The capability on offer sits well beyond the price bracket. The compromises show up on the road instead, in cabin space and refinement, which is where dearer rivals pull clear.

3,000kg braked and 750kg unbraked, on every MY26 variant including both plug-in hybrids. That trails the 3,500kg the biggest ladder-frame wagons certify but covers most mid-size vans and trailer boats. The arithmetic worth doing before hitching up is mass headroom. Payload sits at 600kg on the diesels and 610kg on the petrol and plug-in grades, while gross combination mass runs from 5,580kg on the diesels through 5,765kg on the Ultra Petrol to 6,261kg on the PHEVs, and a loaded van plus passengers plus ball weight uses up those margins quickly.

Size, seats and price split them. The Tank 300 covered on this page is the smaller body with five seats only, from $48,990 driveaway at mid-2026 prices. The Tank 500 wears the same Tank badge and the same Lux and Ultra grade names but is a substantially larger SUV with a third row and a higher price bracket. Choose on people-carrying. A family needing seven seats has no Tank 300 answer at any grade, while a five-seat household pays substantially less here for the same style of hardware.

The warranty runs seven years with unlimited kilometres, matched by seven years of capped-price servicing and roadside assistance, and the plug-in's battery carries its own eight-year unlimited-kilometre cover. Reliability is the open question, and it deserves a plain answer: on sale only since 2023, the Tank 300 has no long-term durability record for anyone to cite, and neither does its resale. Faults so far centre on driver-assist tuning and throttle calibration, software territory more than driveline. Ask the dealer to put the full seven-year servicing schedule in writing, and weigh the warranty against the unknowns.