A sad day sold my Patrol and shopping for 200 Series

I agree. I would think it would be a huge weight off his shoulders waiting for the Grenade to go bang.

You make an interesting point, Nissan need to get thier product planning act together and give Patrol owners a reason and option to upgrade, paricularly in the engine dept.

In a few months I will have owned my 3.0Di for 8 years and would dearly love another Patrol, but at the moment the state of the art is at least a V6, twin turbo's 180KW/600NM so a new 3.0Di is not really an interesting option.

Mind you Nissan are not alone, I bought the 3.0Di at a time when the 100 had come out without a Turbo 4.2. At the moment a new Prado is out and would probably be a contender if it had a V6 TD, but Tojo are going to milk 12-24mths of suckers into the new model before they upgrade it, just like they did with the 100 and the last Prado. New model, old drivelines for 2 years, then what you really want arrives.

The 200 sounds like the goods but some of us with P platers in the family can't have a V8 and the value for money also looks questionable.

They tell me there is a 5 month wait on the 3.0 TDV6 180KW/600NM Discovery 4.

OBT

The inaction by Nissan will no doubt contribute to a continued major loss of market share as Toyota consolidates its position.

This will complicate the future decision by Nissan to even contemplate investing in new motors and technology to try and regain this market loss.

Don't hold your breath waiting for a miraculous new model to fix the issues with the company as considering its financial losses of recent time it may not be around to even produce one??

If you guys think Nissan will present a new model Patrol that is half decent to take off road, i think you may be in for a shock.. Nissan dont have a market share in the large 4x4 area anymore and are only getting sales now from people that dont want to spring for the extra 20 grand that Toyota are charging for the 200 T/D. With that in Nissans mind, they must be wondering if it is worth bringing a new model to Australia. I think the general view is that its over for the Patrol.. Michael

It looks to me like you are correct, we will get a version of some oversized SUV, designed for the USA, parts bin special (like the others) only not as well executed and not much cheaper either probably.

I'm going Land Rover they are the only ones taking the ball forward in the wagon stakes at the moment.

OBT

Outbacktourer posted:

I quote "I'm going Land Rover they are the only ones taking the ball forward in the wagon stakes at the moment."

My response is, my son got $2.50 from the tooth fairy the other day and he still believes in Santa, From your statement so do you.lol

Only going forward V8Td Cruiser,the only way is up.

Cheers Steve

Do they still give you an extra Discovery when you buy one new? (the second one's for parts!!!)

The old Land Rover jokes don't wash any longer. Driven them for 40 years, 2nd to last one was a Disco Tdi, 398,000K's without a hicup. Now have a 2008 Freelander 2. Only thing better would be a Range Rover Sport or Vogue. Out of both our leagues.