Disco 4WD of the year

Yep and with 95K we can all own one. :))) What a joke!!!

Dont ever forget that the Camira was once car of the year .

Biggest advertiser always wins lol

Couldn't have!!!!!

wow where was the all tap dancing Ford Territory.

gee these so called journo's have as much cred as Mark latham new book.

Next year its the Tatra's turn

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Yeah go the Disco, best of a bad bunch eh.

Have you guys actually driven a Discovery? When I read it had been voted car of the year in nearly every European counytry I went and had a good look and a drive. It is a very impressive vehicle. I have a 100 Series TD Cruiser as my tour vehicle, it is a registered 8 seater but the 3 rear seats are a joke but for small kids. The Discovery is a registered 7 seater with very comfortable seating for all seven, with a brilliant folding seat arrangement. Would I buy one, not yet but will it make Toyota lift there game for the next model, I bloody hope so. To get back on top Toyota needs a CRI Diesel, a much stronger drive line and well thought out comfortable seating. Land Rover have at least 2 of these features, reliability remains to be seen. In saying that I have been driving Tojos for over 30 years, this one is the nicest to drive but is by far the most expensive to buy, maintain and has the least reliability . My lease runs another 2 years if the Discovery proves to be strong and reliable in that time and Toyota and Nissans new models are not a definite improvement I will definitely be having a good look. I have had a good run with Tojos but I am also realistic and open minded to new vehicles. Cheers Rob

The problem with Toyota (and pretty much all Japanese companies) is that the top managers in Japan are extremely arrogant when it comes to taking notice of individual customer feedback.

If they think they can make more dollars out of a soft model lineup, then that's what they will sell and make their profits out of. Arrogance or not, however, that is their right.

In many cases that arrogance has led to huge losses (Nissan, Mitsubishi, etc, etc) and a non-Japanese person who listens to the customer has been employed to fix the problem (Nissan a while ago, Mitsubishi also I think, and the latest is Sony)

So all you Toyo fans hoping for a tough vehicle again had better hope their profits turn to sh1t and then wait for a couple of years till they employ the Nissan bloke (he will have fully fixed Nissan by then and be looking for a new challenge) and then wait a couple more years till he can get a true tough truck built again.

For those of you who are considering a Landrover instead and are waiting to see if reliability is better in the newest model - alas, you will be able to buy a Toyo tuff truck again (after the above revamp) before you see that dream.

Only slightly tongue-in-cheek..........

Motoring journalists suck big time, so who cares what they pick.

There are heaps of poorly designed cars on the road that journos have enthused about.

The market place picks the winners.

I gently enquired of a motoring journo who reviews cars for a big motoring association why he did not mention the large big spot from the A frame on a locally built car. In reply he said that some imported cars were worse.

Knowing he recently did a review of such an imported car I then asked why he did not mention it in that case, or ever for that matter, after all it is a safety issue and many new cars have bigger and more critical driver blind spots than my first car, a a 1963 XL Falcon.

I was about to add that the '63 Falcon was also more reliable and cheaper to run, but the journalist had already stomped off like a big schoolboy.

Let's face it, the journalists print the spin from the makers, nothing more and nothing less.

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