V8 Titan in New GU!!!

It could come with a V16, 100,000kw but nothing will change the fact that its still butt ugly..

You watch the price too, up $15-20k at a guess?

front looks ok. bullbar will get rid of the bumper.
different colour would help. cant really judge it until we see it here in Oz spec.

230Kw with the 5 speed auto would be ideal

the world keeps moving truckie. I traded (UPGRADED) my GQ Ti (same as yours) 4 years ago on the IMPROVED version - GU 4.2 turbo.

get with the program son, Nissan move FORWARD with each model (unlike 'yota who have taken giant steps backwards since the 60 series)

GU does nothing more than the GQ..

and true on the yota...

Newer is better in the world of marketing, about the only ones who get around this are Land Rover with Defender, but they they have included Discovery as well. Nissan wouldn't sell 800 GQ's a month if they were still the current shape. Ask Ford, kept XF ute way too long, sales have trippled since new model, marketing rules

Hi Trucky , notice you've got a few pics of your wagon on the pages already ! :-)

Hey andrew, yota havent changed, because they havent needed to, the others have changed trying to win back some of the market share, but even the el cheapo 3.0 td option on a budget didnt help with market share, or customer relations.....

Will be interesting to see if nissan continue with durability testing by releasing the vehicles to the public, to keep costs down again.... ;-)

Read my post again Mr. GO_OFFTOPIC 8-)))

I didnt say yota havent changed, I said they've gone backwards!

As for the 3.0TDi.....
Nissan made over 30 changes to the engine after 6 months when they found there was a problem. They also had a full recall for a fix to the existing engines. Although the fix proved unsuccessful at least there was acknowledgement and an attempt to repair, unlike yota with the 1HDT where they denied any problems until the owners started getting together. Even then there wasnt any public acknowledgement or recall.

This response by Nissan (6 months) compares very favourably compared to Toyota who have for FOURTEEN YEARS been building cruisers with a weak front diff that routinely lets go when simply driving down a steep hill or reversing caravans.
Its nice to hear that yota do so much durability testing, its just a shame they dont actually do anything with the results.......

Still doesnt chnage the fact the durability testing was done by the purchasers,

Oh, and I had one of those supposed weak diffs, twice now, and with bigger tyres and more grunt than most, and mine were fine.

So are you denying that the front diff is a known problem or just trying to duck and weave?
I know quite a few 3.0TDi owners from the first 6 months that were recalled and havent gone bang too. One tows a large van and one a large boat.

Well I have seen alot more mechanically unsympathetic drivers than I have good ones I must say.

Looks like the new Explorer and the Patrol looks like mixture, a mongrel so to speak.

Baz.

The front diff is an easy fix.

Installing a $2000 airlocker is an "easy fix"?????
Thats a bit like the $2500 "easy fix" to put the spare wheel where it should be.

Well, of course, but you sound like a nissan owner to me, always concerned about the cost ;-)

Concerned about the cost?
Not really, just pleased that I can buy a full sized 4WD with a factory turbodiesel, live axles, strong running gear and the spare tyre where it should be. Carved from stone and bulletproof seem to be the terms used when describing GQs & GUs.
What do you care anyway? You have a Prado, the vehicle most yota people are having trouble accepting as tojos proper offroader.

ps Decided where you are camping on Friday and Saturday yet?

Fri night Farina, Sat night Birdsville.

Oh, and thats the great thing about the prado, got to love the understated side ;-)

no change.....

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Bigger intercooler/more power for the 4.2 would be good.

They have to bring out a new diesel soon as the 4.2 wont comply with EURO 3 emissions in 2006.

Australia is the only country that gets the 4.2 diesel.
It is available in some other countries by special order though.

"Puddin & Gumnut (Sydney) posted this followup

They have to bring out a new diesel soon as the 4.2 wont comply with EURO 3 emissions in 2006."

Or they drop the diesel altogether, or stick with the faulty 3.0 dunger...
:(

Darn it ... if they mated the auto to the bigger diesel, (SWMBO is an auto only person) then I'd be looking at that as my next vehicle. Unless Isuzu's rumoured 2006 Trooper comes to fruition as the next Jackaroo.

Looks aside, I could probably live with this Patrol.