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Originally Posted by prydey
The japs have this area covered, just without all the gadgetry that you don't need. If you want to tow up to 13t, buy a truck.
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You ever driven those cab over small Japanese trucks? They ride worse than a go-kart on the goat tracks they pass as roads in this country and they're lucky to muster 200KW out of their silly 4 cylinder diesel engines.
American utes with their 300KW/1000NM+ diesel engines will actually maintain more than 50km/h up the first hill you encounter while pulling 10+ tonnes and actually drive nicely while having a stereo thats not two tin cans on string with an AM radio so you can listen to someone other than Alan Jones on your way to the caravan park.
There is a reason HSV has years worth of work lined up to fulfil their preorders converting Dodge RAM and Chevrolet Silverado and its not because the job can be done properly by Japanese billycarts.
The quicker the big three realise there is a market here for their real cars the better we will be as consumers.