Toyota's back to the future.
Submitted: Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:24
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GoneTroppo Member (FNQ)
I've got it.
It's been bugging me for a while now, what is it about the 70 series that's not right.
Then tonight it struck me. I was sitting there looking at the front cover of "Just 4x4's" with the 4 door wagon. It was at a slight angle and there it was ............
A 60 series with a different grille. Talk about getting value out of a design!!!!
Try it, you need to squint a bit, but you'll see it too.
Now if I can just figure out a way to get 60k for a low milage 60 series I'll be right.
Admittedly with the 6o you had to pay extra for air. Whoops you do with this one too.
Aaaaah
well.
Reply By: Dave B (NSW) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:33
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:33
GoneTroppo, I can save you a bit more than 10K if you like.
I have got a 61 series that you can have for high 40K's.
Got air too.
Dave
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:35
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:35
Deal. I like a bargain :-)
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:38
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:38
BTW Dave like your pics of
Broken Hill area, ome of my favourite parts of Oz.
Chris
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Follow Up By: Dave B (NSW) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:45
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:45
Thanks Chris, they were taken over a few years though.
Was going to go out and take some of the rain we have had, but didn't get time.
Dave
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:55
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:55
We were there once about 98 or 99 and about 5pm watched a big bad band of heavy rain come in across the plain. Magic view.
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Reply By: Dave B (NSW) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:38
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 21:38
It's low mileage too, 200K
Shall I wait by the phone or shall I ring you?
Dave
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Reply By: Member Graeme - NAFTY 66 - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 22:22
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 22:22
GoneTroppo, I noticed the same. When I got home with the book, took the home boss out side and said have a look at the picture and then at our 60 series and tell me what you see.
She instantly said that it has the same styling and she is not one to pay attention to car/4X4 styling.
Regards
Graeme
(PS my 60 also has air, goes even better with windows down)
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 23:28
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 23:28
Hic Hic
you better ave anuther
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Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 02:12
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 02:12
Ummmmm Errrrrrr!!!! Its not a 70 Series, Its a 76 Series.
The generic term 70 Series applies to the 75,76,78 & 79 Series vehicles and yep Yota are making more money out of that series vehicles than any other as they have only made one set of dies and tooling and that was, What?? in 1983 I think???
Why change a good design? Especially if it is still selling by the thousands.
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Reply By: Allan JJ - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 08:57
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 08:57
It might be the same as something else.
But the sales figures will be the judge of whether they got it right or wrong.
They will most likely sell more of these than they sell 100 series wagons, which is allready the case with the troopy (in a world market).
I am a little surpised at your sentimants though, when one of the vehicles you have owned would surely take the record for having the longest running model line up which looks the same as a prevoius one.
But I am sure the vehicle has served you
well.
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 09:20
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 09:20
I'll pay that Allan.
Only difference is that LR never went around saying it was new or charge 60K for it.
BTW I'm not anti Toyota we've got 5 Corolla SW's and they are a good thing
Chris
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Follow Up By: Jimbo 2121 - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 10:05
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 10:05
The original MINI was made up until 2000.
In Russia they still the make the Lada Niva and it looks almost the same as when it came out in 1977, just has newer engines. It sells alongside the newer model, for about a quarter of the price.
The original VW Beatle started production in 1935 and only finished in Mexico in 2003 (68 years).
I'm sure there are other cars that have been produced largely unchanged for many decades.
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 10:22
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 10:22
Agree absolutely, there are others Fiat 128 became a Lada and sold for decades. Hindustan Ambassador still going, and of course the original Model T.
However you hit the nail on the head.
"It sells alongside the newer model, for about a quarter of the price."
Toyota is telling us its all new and charging a premium
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Follow Up By: Allan JJ - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 20:46
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 20:46
Maybe that is where Nissan is trying to bring back some old tricks to make a buck by selling its old navara along side a new model
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Reply By: Stu050 - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 11:32
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 11:32
GoneTroppo,
Nope, it is virtually identical to the 1992 Prado.
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Follow Up By: Stu050 - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:34
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:34
Cut and paste the link into your browser for pics of a 1992 Prado.
This is the version that we never saw her in Oz, but some came in as a
grey import.
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Reply By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:27
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:27
And this!
MPG:6!
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:28
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:28
That didn't work
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Reply By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:37
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:37
Bugger not working here is the link
auto.indiamart.com/cars/toyota-qualis/
Note that they've stopped making it in India. Very progressive country India
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Follow Up By: Muddy doe (SA) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:53
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 13:53
Hah - "a mighty 2.4 Diesel delivering 54 Kw of POWER!!!"
Top speed 130km/h!
Priceless
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen M (NSW) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 18:09
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 18:09
And they advertised great acceleration and power, christ my hilux had more than that and was still a slugbox acceleration when ?? when I was going downhill, headwind forget it just held it flat to the floor and lucky to be doing 90k's. The whole vehicle looks similar to my prado mmm Regards Steve M
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Follow Up By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 19:10
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 19:10
For a treat (laugh) have a read of some of the "reviews".
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Follow Up By: Dave B (NSW) - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 21:54
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 21:54
I think I have speak to some people on phone like these qualis driver.
Dave
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Reply By: ross - Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 21:57
Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 21:57
Gee,with a Defender you dont even have to squint to see the 1948 panels of the prototype series 1,its there in your face every time I see one : )
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