Yes but would Americans be prepared to pay for them? Even now with both made in either Thailand or China we are looking at low to mid AU$40K for a dual cab Ranger 4x4 with the 3.2 TDI and another ten grand on top of that for the same spec Everest.

See how many emoji stickers you can fit on it....

Yeah...bring it to Oz and straight line a kangaroo at 100 mph...problem solved

Yes...but will it be as reliable and unbreakable as a Hilux?

Dammit!

The early noughties first generation F-Series Super Duty trucks. Oz got the F-250 for a time in between 2003 and 2006 and every one of those things appeared to designed for daily use by an mentally challenged elephant and assembled with velcro. As bonus they handled like my childhood billycart...and that was with a…

So no interest in the States for vehicles like the Toyota Fortuner/4Runner; Izuzu MUX; GM Colorado 7; Mitsubishi Challenger; Ford Everest? (actually the Everest hasn’t even had a release yet)

What the heck are either of the Hilux and Prado engines doing in a truck that size (admittedly only 20 inches between the wheels bigger and an SR5 Hilux has a curb weight around 1,900 kg)...unless it is there to simply make up the production numbers?

In my experience, it’s not the mileage on the engine that ‘kills’ the car for me...usually engines last nigh on forever if they are properly maintained.

I recall my father taking me to see this when it was released...I was just 13 at the time. Dunno whether that makes my dad cool or just stupid...

...And they don’t even buy them in the market for which they were originally designed: Australia/New Zealand.

I suspect that if I were wheelchair bound then this’d be something I could really want....in lieu of the bike I could no longer ride or the legs I could no longer rely on to get out of the concrete wilderness...

It was partly a planned move and mostly the reason for the move to Parapa. There were too many punters at Teahupoo (where the above shot was taken) to make the right moves on the bike safely for all involved. The bike isn’t as close as it looked but it turned out that to get in the right spot on the wave (mostly in…

Getting a bull bar on that thing might be a bit tricky. I only say that because the grill opening looks like it really wants to chomp down on a hapless kangaroo or deer...

Nice Australian made wheels on that thing http://www.carbonrev.com/

Ford had almost nothing to do with the development of these wheels apart from pay for them...They are made in Geelong, Australia by CarbonRev http://www.carbonrev.com/

All of Europe (and Australia for that matter) will want the GT...but in accordance with human nature and his wife only a few of those will actually get a ‘Stang...and most of them will actually be the EcoBoost version.

I’m not seeing ‘ugly’ so much as ‘incredibly stupid’. However, saying that makes me somewhat uncomfortable since I have no real perspective on the Indian design culture that might actually make this seem locally desirable...

It’s fucking awesome!

Of course! But life is too short to worry about what others might think of me. Especially since their perceptions typically add sod all to my life experience.