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[MrMike]

Did you see the course? Hardly a normal touring trip.

Take a WRX onto a race track and consumption can go from 12 litres a 100kms to over 25 litres.

I'm not surprised TBH. Thats a big van

 

[Tom D]

I’m seeing more and more Gren-positive content out there. It’s starting to build a following. Its a shame that inflation globally has eaten into many peoples buying power, I think they’d have sold a lot more if this came out in 2019.. No doubt it’s a great car, the task of convincing people is the hard part. Sales in the uk and EU will be slow but thats down to crazy fuel prices and tax regimes, and the coming ban on ICE’s.
I think there’s a bright future for the Gren in the rest of the world. Especially now that Toyota has abandoned the V8, which was the only reason to get a 70 series.. Now that its a 4 pot….

It’s interesting that one of the reasons that Toyota beat Land Rover in Australia and Africa was that the old Toyotas had decent engines, big understressed 6’s, while LR used smaller 4 pots which were inevitably under more stress and made less power. The 4pot Toyota is a decent engine but its not one of the reasons that you’d buy the car, the V8 was… its no V8 but the straight six sounds good.

 

[ADVAW8S]

I am going to Perth next week for work.
I might call in and take it for a test drive

You should do it. I am always interested in hearing people's perspective after driving the SW for a while and then jumping into the QM.

 

[DaveB]

Yep, he keeps smashing it up, as you do.
Selling to the soccer mum set. Or alternatively using that to get some appeal from the US market that doesn’t get the real LC300.

I have booked a Prado as my hire car next week
Be interesting to see how it goes

 

[MrMike]

I’m seeing more and more Gren-positive content out there. It’s starting to build a following. Its a shame that inflation globally has eaten into many peoples buying power, I think they’d have sold a lot more if this came out in 2019.. No doubt it’s a great car, the task of convincing people is the hard part. Sales in the uk and EU will be slow but thats down to crazy fuel prices and tax regimes, and the coming ban on ICE’s.
I think there’s a bright future for the Gren in the rest of the world. Especially now that Toyota has abandoned the V8, which was the only reason to get a 70 series.. Now that its a 4 pot….

It’s interesting that one of the reasons that Toyota beat Land Rover in Australia and Africa was that the old Toyotas had decent engines, big understressed 6’s, while LR used smaller 4 pots which were inevitably under more stress and made less power. The 4pot Toyota is a decent engine but its not one of the reasons that you’d buy the car, the V8 was… its no V8 but the straight six sounds good.

To be honest the difference between the V8 and the 4 cyl 70 is the sound. The auto in the 4 makes them feel better to drive, the 8s are ok, but theres no torque in them, you can stall them in the soft stuff quite easily. The power figures speak for themselves.

 

[MrMike]

You should do it. I am always interested in hearing people's perspective after driving the SW for a while and then jumping into the QM.

I drove the QM a while ago, very similar vehicles, a little bouncy at the back end as it was unloaded. Apart from the turning circle it felt the same as my wagon

 

[DaveB]

I’m seeing more and more Gren-positive content out there. It’s starting to build a following. Its a shame that inflation globally has eaten into many peoples buying power, I think they’d have sold a lot more if this came out in 2019.. No doubt it’s a great car, the task of convincing people is the hard part. Sales in the uk and EU will be slow but thats down to crazy fuel prices and tax regimes, and the coming ban on ICE’s.
I think there’s a bright future for the Gren in the rest of the world. Especially now that Toyota has abandoned the V8, which was the only reason to get a 70 series.. Now that its a 4 pot….

It’s interesting that one of the reasons that Toyota beat Land Rover in Australia and Africa was that the old Toyotas had decent engines, big understressed 6’s, while LR used smaller 4 pots which were inevitably under more stress and made less power. The 4pot Toyota is a decent engine but its not one of the reasons that you’d buy the car, the V8 was… its no V8 but the straight six sounds good.

Toyota Landcruiser was largely successful because of Sir Leslie Thiess
He won the job to construct the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme and needed a workhorse vehicle.
He formed a joint venture with Toyota and Theiss Toyota started importing Landcruiser's into Australia in 1959.
They proved how tough they were and went on to be used on construction sites, therefore by workmen and tradies, and became legend.
If he had chosen a different vehicle then maybe Landcruiser and even Toyota would never have come to Australia.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xes3_-HWKF4

 

[Tazzieman]

Toyota Landcruiser was largely successful because of Sir Leslie Thiess
He won the job to construct the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme and needed a workhorse vehicle.
He formed a joint venture with Toyota and Theiss Toyota started importing Landcruiser's into Australia in 1959.
They proved how tough they were and went on to be used on construction sites, therefore by workmen and tradies, and became legend.
If he had chosen a different vehicle then maybe Landcruiser and even Toyota would never have come to Australia.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xes3_-HWKF4

Surprised he didn't go for Land Rovers. Just as tough and the body doesn't rust.

 

[DaveB]

Surprised he didn't go for Land Rovers. Just as tough and the body doesn't rust.

I bet he tried but Landrover probably told him no.
Sounds a bit like what they did to Sir Jim.

Toyotas were being imported just as a rolling chassis and a company was putting bodies on them here.
Theiss could have just purchased those for use but went down the track of doing a JV instead.
I guess that is how you get rich.

 

[NQ94]

Toyota Landcruiser was largely successful because of Sir Leslie Thiess
He won the job to construct the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme and needed a workhorse vehicle.
He formed a joint venture with Toyota and Theiss Toyota started importing Landcruiser's into Australia in 1959.
They proved how tough they were and went on to be used on construction sites, therefore by workmen and tradies, and became legend.
If he had chosen a different vehicle then maybe Landcruiser and even Toyota would never have come to Australia.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xes3_-HWKF4

They even pronounced it Teese back then because of the joint ventures with Japan to make it easier for the Japanese speakers to pronounce similar to Toyoda changing to Toyota for the English speakers. My uncles and grandfather worked with and for and knew Sir Leslie and Peter Thiess and the name was always pronounced with the Th pronunciation.
Thiess Toyota was based in Acacia Ridge Qld until around the 90's when the commercial vehicles became part of Toyota Australia.

Surprised he didn't go for Land Rovers. Just as tough and the body doesn't rust.

Thiess originally did use Land Rovers but had some major issues with the Land Rovers, like the original LC however Toyota was timelier in correcting issues and supplying vehicles than Land Rover.

 

[DaveB]

They even pronounced it Teese back then because of the joint ventures with Japan to make it easier for the Japanese speakers to pronounce similar to Toyoda changing to Toyota for the English speakers. My uncles and grandfather worked with and for and knew Sir Leslie and Peter Theiss and the name was always pronounced with the Th pronunciation.
Thiess Toyota was based in Acacia Ridge Qld until around the 90's when the commercial vehicles became part of Toyota Australia.

Theiss originally did use Land Rovers but had some major issues with the Land Rovers, like the original LC however Toyota was timelier in correcting issues and supplying vehicles than Land Rover.

My uncles worked on the Hydro scheme with Theiss
I like the old Toyota Landcruiser club badge that was flashed up
I had one on the back of my Suzuki and Hilux back in the early days (1980 ish)

 

[ADVAW8S]

I have booked a Prado as my hire car next week
Be interesting to see how it goes

This is a YouTube video waiting to happen.

 

[DaveB]

This is a YouTube video waiting to happen.

My family have been giving me a hard time about not putting enough effort into my Youtube channel
I am close to starting to earn from it but not overly motivated.
So if anyone gets the urge to watch some of the videos that I have created go ahead.

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[Steve.B]

Toyota Landcruiser was largely successful because of Sir Leslie Thiess
He won the job to construct the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme and needed a workhorse vehicle.
He formed a joint venture with Toyota and Theiss Toyota started importing Landcruiser's into Australia in 1959.
They proved how tough they were and went on to be used on construction sites, therefore by workmen and tradies, and became legend.
If he had chosen a different vehicle then maybe Landcruiser and even Toyota would never have come to Australia.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xes3_-HWKF4

Land Rover was used in the construction stage of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme, The Toyota Land Cruiser had a side roll over angle of 34 degrees, vs 45 degrees for the Land Rovers, so the Toyota's were not suitable for that kind of mountain work, and were only driven around by managers on bitumen, in the 1970s when most of the construction was done the Toyota's were fine.
The rest is Toyota's advertising campaign, " don't let the truth get in the way of a good story".