thx in regard.

Thanks, Paul. That clears things up.

With the rate things are going, I am wondering what these manufacturers are trying to do by tarting up these trucks. Are they targeting the regular consumer or are they still targeting the construction worker? It sure seems like the former and that will only push the prices up in the long run.

Are they losing focus here?
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people buy these not because you cant get a good diesel car although some might claim so. Its a known fact that a person wanting to buy a pickup, are not so concerned about the engine type although they seem more so today coz of the draw for potentially better economy from the diesel, but the main priority is still the vehicle itself. given a similarly priced station wagon, or diesel sedan, the person who wants a pickup, will still buy the pickup. its a marketing fact well known among those selling these vehicles today. (useless fact no#1 – station wagons have a constant history of failure sales wise in malaysia)

There are many things i suppose.. the attitude, the lifestyle, plus the high driving position that is a great draw to urbanites. and yes, the very large majority of them will be confined to doing the school run and pounding the urban pavement and will never ever see any dirt in their wheel wells. anyways, it doesnt bother me if people who buy them only drive in town, its their money.

so it all boils down again to that old sales adage, as long as people want these vehicles, they will be sold.

I would have to think real hard to find a reason to drive them unless I need to go to the estates or rough terrain. Horrible to drive, rough on the handling, bulky and lathargic around town. I don’t enjoy driving these on assignments…

If you are city bound, I wont see why a proper TDiesel stationwagon wont do better. (oh wait, riiight…can’t buy one)

Droll,

…and…they are also very heavy.
And thier diesel engines aren’t really making that much torque. Even the powerful 2.5 Navara makes about the same amount of torque as my Mitsu 2.0 turbo (just lower in the rev range). Even then, diesels have a very short powercurve, being only effective usually from 1500-3000rpm. Our petrol engines’ torque curve is a more flexible 3500-6000rpm, so you ultimately get better acceleration over the wider rev range.

With the rate things are going, I am wondering what these manufacturers are trying to do by tarting up these trucks. Are they targeting the regular consumer or are they still targeting the construction worker? It sure seems like the former and that will only push the prices up in the long run.

Are they losing focus here?

and does bhp have a direct correlation to max speed?

either case, looks like trucks are slowly becoming decked up with all sorts of accessories!

Paul Tan says: the high torque in a pickup truck doesn’t sustain to very high revs, most of them taper off at 3,000rpm.

Do a test drive soon!