TRITON. Overland Magizine 4WDOTY.

Take it from a Nissan Owner.
Yes Nissan lost the plot with the 3ltr Grenade.
And all their other products are doing the catch up bit.

I went and had a look/drive at the new hilux's and tritons yesterday, the triton has heaps of grunt, a real goer all the way through the rev range, very big in the torque department 400nm for memory, BUT shocking turning circle, found the cabin to be very squashy (i need to lose a few kg's) the hilux no where near the get up and go (both auto's) (well it didnt feel like it anyway) the hilux was not as comfortable as the triton, better turning circle in the lux, tray in the triton was bigger, the air flow through the triton was great with the rear window been able to open without that thudding noise you normally get when some one has the rear side windows open, Where Toyota excelled was in the engine bay, the intake for the triton like the pajero was over the radiator more towards driver side, snorkel a must if river crossings or playing in the waster are your thing, it was flimsy as, I thought at first there must have been a clip missing but nope checked the other 2 on the lot same thing, think this would be a major issue if travelling corragations it flexes the whole air filter cannister, cant see any room for duel batterys, maybe possible with moving a few things around, both had there pluses and minuses but hilux was a whole heap dearer and no rear diff lock option like the mitsi at $750 as an extra you would be mad not to get it fitted. Toyota have done some stupid things with the new prado's. V6's have the aircon pipe and power steer resovoir where the second battery would go, the diesel has the aircon pipe in the way, cant for the life of me work out why Toyota would do such a stupid thing right where they have provided room for dual battery. Salesman raving about how the rear seat now fold down into the floor on the prado, yes they fold down but not into the floor as such all they have done is put in a false floor decreasing cargo area and reduced the fuel tank capacity to 150 instead of the old 120's 180. Maybe they will right it in the series 2.Regards Steve

I think the TRITON has been a winner for a long time Image Could Not Be Found8-))

But them I'm biased LOL


Fred.

The Triton has been an under estimated vehicle for some time. Brand bias against Mitsubishi due to some previous less than perfect models has seen very poor sales but they are certainly worthy winners now. Totota's ridiculous prices for 2nd rate cars has seen many swapping badges. I know I was one :-)
Our work baught over 40 Tritons last year in a major swing away from Toyota due to better whole of life costing. They certainly aren't giving any trouble so far.
And Yes Nissan have no new offerings worth looking at for the moment. Maybe the new Pootrol.
Cheers Craig..................

OERJAP

Isn't The mag sponsored by mitsubishi


Oldpop

All this 4WDOTY stuff is marketing advertorial. The one who takes out the most advertising usually wins.

Not praising or criticising any of the entrants but these types of awards are in no way an objective assessment of the real merits of different vehicles.

Some years ago I remember heaps of praise for the then new Navara D40. The next year it was a heap. Can't remember the magazine. Prefer to forget.

Anyway it should have been the new airbag equipped Landcruiser trayback. :)

Flynnie

Hi orejap,
Someone else (cant remember which mag) gave it the 2010 ute of the year too. Major concern for me is that the diesel develops its peak kilowatt rating at 4000 rpm. Starting to wonder if the engineers are trying to get more power (plus better economy, & emission levels) from smaller engines, at the expense of engine longevity.

No facts in this, just my thoughts.

My old Jackaroo has 118kw at 2000-2200 rpm, and I hope it does a lot more km's (if I can afford the injectors...lol) before it 'wears itself out'. Not sure that doing twice the revs to get the power will let the engine last as long as the older diesels normally do.

Cheers, Dave

Interesting that they gave the Prado the nod ahead of the Disco.

Both 3L diesels.

Prado: Power 127kW @ 3400rpm
Torque 410Nm @ 1600-2800rpm

Disco: Power 180kW @ 4000rpm
Torque 600Nm @ 2000rpm

Bob