Thread: Ford ranger 2 litre bi turbo

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Hilux

Haha, when I looked at a new range, FX4? The guy gave me a Hilux for a couple of days, the things I remember, fuel consumption, horrible ride and a POWER button wtf!, was years behind the FX4. They may have caught up now.

Originally Posted by Maca49

Haha, when I looked at a new range, FX4? The guy gave me a Hilux for a couple of days, the things I remember, fuel consumption, horrible ride and a POWER button wtf!, was years behind the FX4. They may have caught up now.

No, you're about right - the new hilux does appear to simply be a tart up of the earlier chassis with a big battery added in and some safety and anti-collision 'driver frustration' devices bolted on. That being said, it still does what it says on the label which is a fairly no-frills work truck. It is a fair bit behind other options in the Toyota stable in terms of driving experience, but the Hilux always was in my experience of them.

As far as the 2L engine grenading, it's pretty much across the board for the heavily forced induction small engines not something that is exclusive to the Ranger. Nissan gets a big tick for internal bits ending up outside, and turbo's are pretty much on a rotating service time schedule as far as I can tell. A mate went through 5 on his Nissan before it got driven into and he negotiated to take the write off payout...