Segway Fugleman UT6 2025 Review

Segway Powersports is on a mission in Australia, the originally US-founded but now Chinese-owned giant setting about steadily expanding its range of off-highway vehicles that appeal to both the farming and recreational markets.

The latest model to join the brand’s steadily swelling ranks is a UTV – a side-by-side three-seater named the Segway Fugleman UT6.

Slotting in below the existing and bigger-engined Fugleman UT10 and UT10 Crew, the UT6 gives farmers, landowners and recreational owners alike a keenly priced entry point to the Segway UTV range, but one that still ticks all the main boxes when tackling a variety of common jobs.

We recently grabbed a ride aboard the UT6 as part of a Segway Powersports dealer conference north of Melbourne, where a bush block in Tallarook served up a variety of terrain to help put the newcomer through its paces.

The 2025 Segway Fugleman UT6 is available in three variants: the entry-level UT6 Rugged EPS ($15,990 ride away), the mid-spec UT6 Pro ($16,990 ride away), and the flagship UT6 Navigator ($18,990 ride away).

All three are powered by the same 567cc four-stroke, DOHC, single-cylinder engine, which feeds its grunt to either the rear or all four wheels (in high or low range) via a Canadian CVTech-IBC continuously variable transmission, or CVT. The UT6 Rugged EPS comes with a fixed rear differential and a switchable front diff, while both the front and rear diffs are switchable in the Pro and Navigator.

Producing a claimed 44hp and 50Nm, the UT6’s engine slots in below the UT10’s 1000cc twin-cylinder powerplant but still delivers sufficient grunt to carry out a wide range of tasks, from carrying a load to towing, or simply covering broken ground with confidence.

To that end, Segway says the UT6 can tow up to 700kg, handle a payload up to 682kg, and can carry up to 454kg in its 412-litre (and manually tilting) cargo bed.

The platform is built upon a chromoly steel frame with dual A-arm suspension front and rear, with adjustable hydraulic shocks. And with wheel travel of 264mm up front and 231mm at the rear, and ground clearance of up to 350mm, the UT6 is ready for some rough treatment.

All three variants get Segway’s Smart EPS system, which allows the driver to choose from standard, comfort and sport steering modes. Other features across the range include halogen headlights with daytime running lights, four-wheel disc brakes, and a TFT instrument display.

How to tell the siblings apart? The Rugged EPS rolls on 14-inch steel wheels with 27-inch rubber, while the Pro gets 14-inch alloys shod with same and the Navigator gets 14-inch alloys with beadlocks wrapped with chunky 30-inch hoops.

Both the Pro and the Navigator score a 4500lb winch, a polycarbonate half windscreen, and a rearview mirror, while the Navigator also gets hard doors, a reversing camera and a 10.4-inch infotainment touch-screen.

The touch-screen (or Smart Commanding System, in Segway-speak) is optional on the lower two model grades. It integrates with the brand’s partner smartphone app and ‘T-Box’ telematics unit to unlock a range of connected technologies and features, from vehicle stats and settings to communications – even an SOS alert that will send an SMS to a designated emergency contact in the event of an accident.

Live in colder climes? You can upgrade to a fully enclosed cabin with doors and full front and rear windscreens, while there’s a heating system and an audio system on offer too.

All three are available in either Mountain Green or Bold Black, with the Pro and Navigator also available in a camo scheme for an extra $300.

The Segway Fugleman UT6 comes backed by a two-year limited factory warranty.

There’s an imposing and purposeful presence to the UT6, as there should be – this is a true workhorse, after all. So while we were expecting rugged utility and a robust build quality, what was surprising was just how easy it is for a complete newcomer to the breed to basically jump in and head straight off.

It’s user-friendly in the extreme, which bodes well for farm work where a variety of workers may call upon the UT6 to get the job done. All the controls are chunky and easy to use when wearing gloves (including the touch-screen) and the three-seater cabin is quite roomy and spacious – certainly it doesn’t feel cramped, even for this 188cm tall operator.

But the highlight of the UT6 would have to be its sheer capability over rough ground. The UT6 Navigator in particular, with its large 30-inch tyres, beadlock rims, and generous wheel travel, smooths out all but the deepest of ruts while soaking up sizeable hits like they’re barely there.

And while the UT6 has roughly half the output of its bigger sibling, the 1000cc parallel-twin-engined UT10, its 567cc single, with 44hp and 50Nm, provides decent useable grunt. It claws its way up steep inclines (up to a maximum climbing angle of 35 degrees) and there’s crisp acceleration when you need it.

It devoured all we threw at it on our test loop, including an extended rocky and rutted hill climb that necessitated low range and locked diffs front and rear.

It simply marched up the hill with an air of nonchalance, while the vibration from the single-cylinder engine remained nicely muted, even at higher revs.

Switching drive modes is simply a matter of turning the dial selector on the dash (from 2WD to 4WD to 4WD/fully locked diffs, and there’s also a separate pushbutton for the rear diff lock.

The four-wheel disc braking is strong and offers reasonable feedback, and the power steering is also worthy of note. Switching between the three available modes produces tangible differences in feel while the system is largely isolated from unwanted feedback. The UT6 has a tight turning circle too.

And there are some good safety features. The UT6 will only hit around 25km/h or so if your seat belt isn’t on and the same goes for when you have both diffs locked. Common sense stuff, really.

The UT6’s cabin is rugged and durable, with hard synthetic flooring with drain plugs, but it also has nice touches of refinement. There are cup/bottle holders at the base of the middle seat and the seating itself is really pretty comfy and supportive.

The glove compartment is of a decent size and there’s a double USB-A port and a 12V socket for auxiliary power. And if your UT6 isn’t fitted with a touch-screen, you get another storage compartment instead.

Speaking of tech, we only scratched the surface during our taste of the UT6 range, but between the infotainment touch-screen and the smartphone app, there’s a heap of handy features to help you get more out of UT6 ownership.

My foray into the bush initially faltered when, on setting out on a test loop in the bigger-engined UT10, I struck a rock with sufficient force to damage the rear diff plug, prompting a leak. But strike anything hard enough and you’ll break it, so I’m putting this down to an ill-chosen line and sheer rotten luck.

More telling was that the rest of our test fleet – comprising UT10s, Snarler ATVs, and UT6s – didn’t suffer any mechanical issues throughout the remainder of the day. They were ridden hard over often rocky terrain and all the UT6s were basically brand new, fresh out of the crate.

That issue aside, I found it a bit too easy to ‘overshoot’ with the transmission selector – quite often I skipped past the gear I was after – but I think that’s something that will become less of an issue with familiarity.

The TFT instrument display looks trick but it’s a little too small, especially for older eyes. The transmission selection, power steering mode and driveline selection graphics could all be bigger. And the infotainment screen takes a little while to boot up. No deal breakers here.

Finally, we didn’t get a chance to put any of the UT6’s towing or load-hauling claims to the test. This is primarily a farm workhorse, so it would have been good to get a sense of how it performs when exploring the upper reaches of Segway’s utility claims.

Based on this first taste, the new entry point to Segway’s UTV range looks like it’s positioned well to attract plenty of interest from the farming and recreational markets.

It’s generally robust, well-equipped, and packed with features, and it appears well-suited to farmers’ and landowners’ needs. But beyond that, it’s simply a heap of fun to drive, with off-road capability that’s truly surprising.

Yes, the Segway Fugleman UT6 might be a mouthful to say, but jumping behind the wheel, driving it and making the most of its impressive capability couldn’t be easier. And that alone should put it on your shopping list of UTV options.

Price: Rugged EPS – $15,990 ride away; Pro – $16,990 ride away; Navigator – $18,990 ride away
Engine: 567cc, DOHC, four-stroke single-cylinder
Output: 44hp/50Nm
Seats: Three
Kerb weight: 750kg
Towing capacity: 700kg
Payload capacity: 682kg
Cargo bed capacity: 454kg
Fuel capacity: 43L