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While the tough SUVs are disappearing from the map for us, in Australia many of these are sold, some even relatively cheap;
Who wanted a tough Toyota with seven seats, for about NIS 260,000?
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Rami Gilboa
Wednesday, 06 January 2021, 08:58
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Under this shell hides Isuzu D-Max (Photo: Manufacturer)
You already know our whining - from the vibrant category of "urban jeeps" sold here in the 1990s we were left today with a Land Cruiser, Grand Cherokee, Rexton, and Jimny.
The situation in the world is not very different, although in the US 4X4 dinosaurs continue to be sold - they are impressive looking and their specifications are good, but they are too large to be considered travel vehicles that can be threaded into crevices or ones that will fit the volume life in Israel.
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Leave the towing MU-X (elevation, locks, snorkel, kangaroo shield), look at the trailer with an ATV, generator, kitchen, boat ... this is how you go out into the field
This is where the 4X4 scene in Australia comes into play.
The Kangaroo Continent is a huge territory with few asphalt roads;
Off-road driving is a real necessity there, not just for weekend fun or cross-country travel. Australians drive serious SUVs, most of them armed with powerful petrol engines. The Australian world of improvements can cause anguish for any off-road enthusiast - elevations, tires, protection, equipment. Overland of all kinds, dual fuel tanks, everything you need.There are mythological terrain routes in Australia such as the "CSR Cattle Road" which stretches for 1,850 miles of desert, the Simpson and Kimberley deserts are a vast cushion for hikers, hence a wonderfully developed terrain scene.
Peugeot Sport won the comparative test conducted by the Australian website Cars guide
We like to see on Youtube 70s series or old and tough patrols, but in Australia there is also an intermediate category of urban SUVs ‘as they used to do’, in the 1990s.
These are family versions of vans known to us in Israel - Mitsubishi sells in Australia 'Peugeot Sport' based on the current Triton, Isuzu has the MU-X, Toyota offers the 'Fortune', Ford sells the 'Everest' and Ssangyong has the ... Rexton, which is also sold here, is based on a Muso pickup that has not come to us in recent model years.
The long chassis allows you to put three rows of seats in the body, the two front ones are very spacious
Technological-commercial revolution
The concept is simple and efficient - take a 1-ton pickup, build a vehicle with three rows of seats, replace the rear leaf springs with refined coils and here we have a family SUV.
Some of the chassis look a bit forced but overall, these are modern SUVs with 5 + 2 seats, a ladder chassis and a live rear axle, effective power transmission and off-road tires.
find the differences;
Close the buttocks, put on coil springs in the back, some cosmetics in the front, and here you have an urban SUV
Individual representatives of the method also came to us;
First and foremost the current Ssangyong Rexton, and in the distant past Isuzu Rodeo and Peugeot Sport were sold here.
Using an existing platform allows manufacturers to offer these tools at relatively inexpensive prices;
A dig at Australian price lists indicates expected prices in Israel, in the order of NIS 260-285 thousand for a sturdy SUV with seven seats.
Even with a margin of error of a few thousand shekels, this is still an offer that will be difficult to meet.
This is our Harkstone, in the dunes of Nahal Seker.
An open box of Ssangyong 'Muso' van could have been hidden behind the flying sand
Rexton's modest sales in Israel may indicate that I may be wrong - but let's put on a car like Rexton a 'reputed' brand like Toyota (about NIS 260,000 in Australia), Mitsubishi (275,000) or Isuzu (284,000), and you'll get long queues in the showrooms.
The prices quoted above represent the expected price of the highest level of finish, equipped with advanced safety systems;
The Australians also offer the cheapest finish levels at 10% -15% of the above prices. In Australia, too, the Korean Rexton is considered a less coveted brand than its Hypo-Thai competitors and for this purpose, the importer gives no less than seven years warranty, meet to meet. Build a brand "and penetrate to the depths of the market.
Toyota Fortune looks great but replacing the rear suspension, failed to hide the built-in rigidity of the original Hilux
So why are they not coming to us?
For the same annoying reason we are losing more exciting models, on the road and in the field.
These SUVs do not have European or American standard, and that's the end of it (although some are sold in the UK).
The Australian versions are produced with a right-hand drive, of course, but the left-hand versions are sold in the UAE;
Yes, but not with us.
What a shame.
According to the Australians the Ford Everest has an excellent engine and a 10-speed gearbox.
It is based on the least known Ford Ranger pickup truck in Israel
Which one is the best?
Toyota Fortune
In a road test conducted by the Australian website www.carsguide.com.au, the five pickup truck-based SUVs were tested.
The overall winner was a Peugeot Sport that excelled in all categories - comfort, safety, terrain, road and usability.
In second place was the Ford Everest, which was less impressive in off-road capabilities.
In third place was Ssangyong Rexton who received very good scores, but his terrain ability was found to be inferior to that of the others.
In fourth place is the Isuzu MU-X and in last place is the Toyota Fortune, which was very disappointing in terms of comfort and refinement of ride.
The Land Cruiser 70 is the SUV I would like for myself, a very serious and tough desert animal
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And which of these would I take for myself, you ask?
Of course I would choose the combative and fireproof 70 Land Cruiser, a workhorse and travel that costs in Australia about 75% of the price of the Land Cruiser sold in our places.
Do you understand me, an amazing travel car for NIS 300,000?
Walla dream.
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