Built like a Mercedes 3679On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:05:44 -0000, "Huw" Driving from Waterloo Ontario to Prince Edward Island ( 1770 km) in one day is a long trip...
Max Dodge
Confirm all you like but the fact remains that most European pickups have a one metric ton payload. Even the huge numbers of extended or king cabs on the road today have a one ton payload or near enough. I run some and am in daily contact with many customers who run almost every non American brand under the sun, and Ford. The Ford-Mazda one tonner is built........ is it in Malaysia? No. Singapore? Maybe, but somewhere in that general region in a factory jointly owned by the two corps. Thailand perhaps.
a new version of the L200 has recently been launched
This is the extremely ugly new one
Built like a Mercedes 3680On any sort of "long" vacation drive, my 1st day is usually around 900 - 1200 miles, unless I leave after work...
The bestselling Land Rover. The short wheelbase pickup and van is the best seller in the range in the UK but worldwide the 110inch wheelbase is by far the best seller, including the rest of Europe. Not that this variant is not a good seller in the UK either.
What are the others in the market? Hmm. The Toyota Hilux which launched a new model back in June. This is an ugly son-of-a-unpleasant woman too. It is also underpowered in comparison with its contemporaries. Try www.toyota.co.uk then find the tab for hilux across the top of the page.
Please let me know of any small pickups that sell in any volume apart from the slow selling VW Caddy which themselves are a rare sight on our roads. I know of only one relitively new one in the area, and that is over 5 years old, and that belongs to an employee of mine.
Huw
Huw
