Mercedes-Benz X-Class 4x4

It should get good fuel economy then, going downhill all the way to Nissan production level.
Perhaps MB was impressed with the D40 series.

So a turbo V6 diesel or a diesel 4-cylinder for the base model. In order to meet Euro5 emission standards, they'll be AdBlue diesel engines, so remember to pack a container of AdBlue when you go offroad. If they run out of AdBlue, the ECU puts the engine in limp-home mode!!!

Toyota were good but they have just been left behind.

When they fail, it's injectors and motors.

Not worth the money to buy and not worth the risk to own.

I'm looking forward to more choice in the modern tow vehicle market.

People keep saying that about Toyotas, but people still keep buying them ??

The Hilux on paper isn't on par with the opposition, but it is the best selling ute in Australia !

Go figure ??

Gronk

Toyota sells Hiluxes by the boatload to mining companies. I suspect at a price that is nowhere near RRP.

Good luck to them.

Cheers

Rocco price to the mining companies is irrelevant as all the manufacturers would offer the same style of discount structure to the mines if they could get a deal going so they are not buying on price

Toyota must offer the best all round value for the bean counters to keep buying them

Hi Paul , it would probably sound better if you said German brands , the war finished 71 years ago.

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What is wrong with coils on a ute - they work better than old cart springs.

Ute’s with coils only makes sense if you don't carry much. Simple physics. Leaf springs have two anchor points to the chassis spread apart. Coils basically only have one anchor point. The Navara's with coils are breaking their chassis regularly. The greater the weight behind the back springs anchor points the greater the for/aft pitching of the vehicle on undulating tracks. The back anchor point of a leaf spring is much further back than a coil. I use to have a 100 series Toyota with beefed up coils. I now have a D-Max with a tailored leaf suspension which when loaded weighs the same as the 100 series. Off road the D-Max is far superior.
As for Mercedes Benz, their after sales service is abysmal. For a supposedly premium product at a premium price, other Benz owners are finding if you have any problems they don't want to know you. One Benz owner had the engine mounts fail at about 40,000 kms and they would not replacement them under warranty.
I never had any issue with Toyota and Isuzu have been exceptional so far. (33,000k's). In the last customer satisfaction survey Isuzu were second behind Lexus.

Landrover Utes have had coils since about 1981 - no issue. No there is no real issue going to coils if designed correctly - the Jappers continue with cart springs because it is cheap and easy.

Nope, have paid for the privilege of saying what I like about Jerry car makers.

He we are bagging it before the production model has been seen - until it has been tested no one knows what the actual product will actually look like or how it will perform - we don't even know what the price will be.

The idea of a MB priced Nissan is laughable.

A good source of chassis to survey is the UK
Nissans are breaking all records ( For chassis failures, just google it ... ok )

The last MC 's that were tested in Aus failed in the suspension stakes , so I certainly won't be expecting anything better from that area.

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Mercedes G-Class Professional Cab Chassis

Cheers, Baz - The Landy

G'day Baz, I like this idea

Hi Doug,

Probably costs $2,000 a pair ;)

Cheers, Baz

Sorry, correction, I assumed they were Simex JT's, but they are a Silverstone knock off which look to be a radial tyre.