What 4x4 dual cab to buy

...... and Triton owners!

Everyones going to give their vehicle a wrap. As I've said before on this forum, if moneys no object buy the hilux. But if you want to save $10k on a the new vehicle purchase price have a look at the GLX-R turbo diesel, it looks the goods and will easily satify any off road work that you've got planned.

Our Triton hasn't had an off-road situation which it couldn't deal with yet Norm. Maybe I'm not trying hard enough? Funnily Johnty and Blue haven't reported any shotcomings either. I don't usually respond to a mines bigger, or better than yours post, but your statement has very little merit. This is our second Triton - are you happy enough with your Hilux to replace it with an identical vehicle when the time comes?

Sorry Wombat and other Triton owners. Didn't mean to offend and didn't think it was a 'mine is bigger than yours post'. Quite the opposite. I didn't say anywhere that the Hilux is best, just that I'm happy with mine.
My only comment on Tritons was that write ups generally don't rate them as good off road as some others in the same class. They are probably very capable off road but I have not seen the Triton come out on top of a direct comparo between it, Hilux, Navara and Rodeo. I don't read all the mags so it may have happened, but I haven't seen it.

Not saying there is anything wrong with the Triton. In fact, all the vehicles I've mentioned in this post, including the Triton, seem to be good. The difference between them is minor. Comes down to choice.

Sorry again to Triton owners, who are clearly happy with their vehicle, probably with good reason.

Apology not necessary Norm, as I'm definately not offended. As you said the choice of vehicle comes down to personal choice. For this reason I tend not to offer advise to others on their choice of carriage. I also don't read the 4WD magazines as they tend to have a bias in their editorial which is directly proportional to the amount of advertising income of the relative vehicle manufacturers. Although we all know that the early 3.0 litre Patrols had a problem with both engine and gearbox and Toyota's 100 series has an ongoing problem with its independent front suspension how many times have you seen it documented in one of these publications?

BTW I'm a big wrap for what Toyota have done with the SR5.

I think when Mitsubishi put out the Triton with the DiD3.2l engine they will be on a real winner. When's this suposed to happen?

Leroy

With Mitsubishi, who knows Leigh. From what I can gather all decisions are made out of Japan and Mitsubishi Motors Australia is just a lame duck. They're just as likely to drop the Triton from the range as their key sales indicators are based on American and Japanese trends.

Rob,

Agree with you about the trayon - very light for what it is.

Extending the chassis may mean that a lot of the offroad ability is lost. It accentuates the limited front wheel travel with the IFS utes, and the rampover is a problem over dunes.

The question posed is an interesting one - no simple answer.

Cheers
phil