Falcon Nissan ute

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by supershifty

...I burst into tears

People used to indeed laugh at them...until they had it pointed out about the warranty.

I often wonder myself if those days were what started the push towards better warrantys on cars? I mean, everyone at the time asked why the exact same car had double the warranty with simply a different badge on it from another maker, when "the original" maker (Ford in the "Nissan Ute" case) obviously only trusted it and were prepared to back it for a year.

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by FTE

Telstar and 626
Laser and 323

Kind of different as they were joint ventures, and have differnt bumpers and fittings. Just like now with BT50 and Ranger.

All those others we just a badge over the top of the origional.

[KiwiKilda]

I want something to go off road and camping
Places in Victoria - not a daily driver

I need/want extended range
with a 100l lpg tank on a nissan patrol approx
how much do you get out of that

100l lpg and Jerry Cans for Petrol?
What do people do when they go on long expeditions
where there are not many "gas stations"?

[tweeked]

Originally Posted by K_Man

I wonder how many poor fools forked out on a Lexcen Newport thinking they were getting Toyota reliability. I cant remember where, but I do remember hearing somewhere that at Holden, when a commodore came down the assembly line with 'lexcen' badges, a bit less effort was made to put it together. Not sure how much truth there was to that.

I remember an interveiw with Toyota about the Lexcen. They were asked about the "quality" - and if the Lexcen quality was equal to the rest of the Toyota range. Talked about the Toyota people squirming to answer.....their answer?

It was equal, but different!!!!!

[Davehoos]

the Toyota lexen generally had better build quality and specs.Like the difference between for a customer and for stock. waist of time getting doors to close on a vehicle going to a paddock.

this would anger the salesmen that had to quote against the Toyota product. to get government and fleet I would have to fit up the extras that the Toyota had in predelivery.

wouldn't say that about a Newport because the calias was general good.

Toyota dealers loved the lexen. the creseda was good middle class car but lexen it allowed them volume sales that the narrow body camry wouldn't allow. after wide body V6 its no wonder the rubbished to holden.

the Nissan dealer I worked at had 1 XFN on the yard. we sold bucket loads of spares. ute buyers wanted the dat 1200 or the fuel guzzler D21 and fitted gas. diesel buyers purchased rodeo.

[AU1XLS]

Kiwikilda If your going to thread mine at least let your post be on topic
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