Thread: 2020 4wd ute test

Comprehensive test by 4wd Action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1bMp5Hh1I

No Mahindra, Foton, Ssangyong or Great Wall.
Would have been interesting to see how they went

Should have guessed that Shitsabishi won.....given VC has one

Originally Posted by Mathias

Should have guessed that Shitsabishi won.....given VC has one

Or maybe it was just the best alround 4x4? not like I payed them to say it.

Mines a 2wd tho or I would just fuck it 4wding, I do enjoy overtaking wildtracks up hills.

They needed to do the tradie test. I had a new hilux and I couldn’t drive it with my steel caps on. No room under the clutch pedal and no foot rest. And I couldnt put the seat back far enough to make I comfortable. They are made for wee people with small feet.

And I imagine in Thailand one company makes the looms for Fords, Mitsis etc s.etc so maybe a lottery where the duds end up.

After owning 3 Mitsi cars and utes I swore I would never buy the brand again (and I wont as far as their cars go) but having said that I like the look of what the latest ute offers.

Sean Whale (I think he lead the review) and those other reviewers I have found after watching a lot of their video clips are not bullshit artists ie not your average motoring journos who are wined and dined by the big bands and then write accordingly.
If Whale and Co were biased they would have nudged the scoring more towards Toyota and Isuzu.

John Cadogan also gave the Mitsi a good review and if you have ever watched his clips he is beholden to no brand is Oz.

Mitsi's are underrated utes. It's an entertaining review video, actually using them as 4wd's. That's a first!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Comprehensive test by 4wd Action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld1bMp5Hh1I

Just watched. Very well thought through and comprehensive


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And I'm sure @cambo could tell us in pm a million Hilux horror stories.
Nothing is perfect.

Originally Posted by scottrods

And I'm sure @cambo could tell us in pm a million Hilux horror stories.
Nothing is perfect.

Bit early for these new Hilux's to be proven worthy.
There are some issues which are happening to some but thankfully not a lot.
Need a bit more tweaking yet.

I was always told to never touch a new model of anything. Wait till they've produced a few "face lift" models with all the niggles tweaked out

True... interested to hear them say the D-Max is proving v reliable out at 200k - that is what's important.

As a longtime 4x4 clubber I'm not overly impressed with a test of tradie utes in offroad conditions just once when new. I would like to see how chassis/drivetrains etc stand up to the tough offroading in a 4x4 club over several years before praising performance too much. Not many of these new utes in 4x4 clubs as yet... and would certainly not be my choice to do tough offroad tracks eg 'stamper' in its heyday, or coast-to-coasters like 'slab hut creek'.

Originally Posted by cambo

Bit early for these new Hilux's to be proven worthy.
There are some issues which are happening to some but thankfully not a lot.
Need a bit more tweaking yet.

I was always told to never touch a new model of anything. Wait till they've produced a few "face lift" models with all the niggles tweaked out

Yep which is where the Mitsi is at now,5 years in its current engine which was proved ten years previous in smaller displacements.

Originally Posted by mudgripz

True... interested to hear them say the D-Max is proving v reliable out at 200k - that is what's important.

As a longtime 4x4 clubber I'm not overly impressed with a test of tradie utes in offroad conditions just once when new. I would like to see how chassis/drivetrains etc stand up to the tough offroading in a 4x4 club over several years before praising performance too much. Not many of these new utes in 4x4 clubs as yet... and would certainly not be my choice to do tough offroad tracks eg 'stamper' in its heyday, or coast-to-coasters like 'slab hut creek'.

Yep its not everyone who will put a 40-80k ute into any serious 4wding, but with engine,gearbox,suspension experts on test with years of experience with all of the brands youd struggle to find a better test surely?

In ten years time a test of the same again may or may not show some differences but that wont help a new buyer then.

I, like alot of other clubbers question whether these utes have the durability to sustain ongoing harder offroading. They are big, wide, long, quite heavy and often have poor angles. The single test can be somewhat misleading re reliable 4wd use.

In this test, (if I remember correctly) the winning Triton suffered chassis bending in its first real trial??? What?? Replacing a wheel bearing to be expected, but straightening the chassis after each challenging trip???

If you go into offroading as a motorsport for the decades you will certainly be doing regular wheel bearing changes.

Why - because you will be doing mud terrain tracks with deep bogholes. The first truck in maybe alright as the water, is clear but after that the holes are very churned up with alot of suspended solids which will get into everything in the truck as your mudgrips spin for traction. Wheel bearings are a club joke ... we experiment with different greases etc but they are still common repairs - as can be alternators/starter motors in this type of mud challenge terrain.