Thread: New hilux

Originally Posted by R93

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No ute on the current market is better 4WD wise than the other imo.

Landcruiser > everything


but still not as good as they used to be

Originally Posted by gimp

Landcruiser > everything


but still not as good as they used to be

Nissan Safari/Patrol also very good but now only available in petrol new here.

I think you will find that someone at Toyota has been dishing out a bit of spin to the dealerships and someone else at Toyota here has picked up on that spin. Rather than looking at their own back yard they're blaming the dealership. Have seen this quite a few times as a marketing ploy to get potential customers to sign up quickly thinking they might miss out.

By spin you mean lies I take it.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

By spin you mean lies I take it.

Spin (public relations) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Spin (public relations) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As I thought.

Wanted to swap. Nissan Navara. 2004, 3L turbo. 4wd, ps, Dbl cab, well side. Swap for any of your guys rubbish 2005-2014 Toyota Hilux 4wd Dbl cabs. Will consider all/ (some) Of your offers...

Originally Posted by Danny

Wanted to swap. Nissan Navara. 2004, 3L turbo. 4wd, ps, Dbl cab, well side. Swap for any of your guys rubbish 2005-2014 Toyota Hilux 4wd Dbl cabs. Will consider all/ (some) Of your offers...

Don't do it bro!

Originally Posted by Danny

Wanted to swap. Nissan Navara. 2004, 3L turbo. 4wd, ps, Dbl cab, well side. Swap for any of your guys Awesome 2005-2014 Toyota Hilux 4wd Dbl cabs steering wheel covers.

Will consider all/ (some) Of your offers...

Fixed.😆

Your all wasting your time giving feedback on anything other than purchase deals and servicing. those are the only things that can be altered by TNZ.. Otherwise, a ship turns up with a bunch of Utes, they are nearly ready for sale, just a bit of a valet and a pd check and their on the yard.

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All vehicles have strengths and weaknesses based on what you want them to do. Four years ago I sold cars for a year as there wasn't much building estimating to do.
From the Utes I drove this is what my opinions are. Navara D22 is a smaller sized, lite four wheel drive that's good off road but isn't great on road. Navara D40 is IMO the best Ute on road, best cabin but not great off road. All Navara are hungry as, diesels rated at around 11lph but have highest torque for better towing. Amarok, good on road but not as good as Navara D40. Not bad off road but not as good as D22. Fuel economy is great at sacrifice of towing grunt. It's a big unit, widest tray and body I believe. Hilux, good off road and not bad on road. Power isn't best out worst. Cabin isn't best or worst, I think the hilux is probably the best all rounder. The best Ute for you is determined by what you want to do with it. Personally, is go for the Amarok a is spend most time on road and it's cheaper to run. If the d40 was cheaper to run I'd buy that. If I spent a lot of time of road I'd probably go the d22 Navara over the hilux but those are my personal opinions. I worked at a Nissan, vw dealership and traded a few hilux Utes so that is where my info/experience comes from.

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Amarok is 65k d40 u could pick up for 35k at the moment as in the next few weeks they will start selling the new model you say the d40 is the best driving but you would buy the ute that's double the price cause the d40 is to expensive some 1 had to many beersies I think

Originally Posted by stub

Amarok is 65k d40 u could pick up for 35k at the moment as in the next few weeks they will start selling the new model you say the d40 is the best driving but you would buy the ute that's double the price cause the d40 is to expensive some 1 had to many beersies I think

price was not a consideration, just pointing out my opinions on how each different unit seemed to me. At that may be the most important word, different which they all are.

i just looked at the amarok online and it is listed from $44k so that's only $21k less than you say.

Mauser308, I can agree with you last paragraph, new ute's are turning into the run of the mill family car which are on the road doing the school run right where most of the European SUV's are (mostly a image states).
While I'm not a fan of small motors, this is not the manufactures fault. The big engine utes (3.2L) will still be there until they release a new model and then they will all be smaller. Sure the manual hilux is high geared for taking off with a heavy load but only because that's what the market has told them eg; 90% of them are used for "town" reasons. In saying that my 2wd Hilux tows the 3 ton boat better than the 4wd.
To be honest I don't even think the Amarok should be mentioned when we are talking about 4wd utes, I don't know what they are?