The Thailand Special Thread - New Developments/News

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by smoo

Apart from a cheaper sticker price, the Triton offered nothing else that make it a compelling buy against the alternatives.
What decent advancement has the segment seen in 20 years. A few V6 diesels. Navara with coil springs. A couple of models that offer rear discs. Maybe rear diff lock and 4 wheel traction control.

This thing has taken the next step of introducing new tech to a segment that has stagnated for the last ten years (except eye watering RRP).

Time well tell if it’s a sales success. I can’t see why it won’t be, juding by the amount of cheap Chinese shit already on the road. I can see people overlooking the made in China stigma if it’s as well appointed as Wildtrack/Raptor and goes harder than them.
Save $30k on a Ranger, use the rest to go to Bali and finish off the full sleeve tatts.

The segment has stagnated like the small hatch segment (before everyone killed their offerings), things like the Mazda 2 have made no technological changes for the past ~15 years, same power and torque figures they've just gotten heavier.