TRANSFORMER Wars

WORDS FRASER STRONACH

THESE TWO ARE THE BEST-SELLING UTE-BASED 4X4 WAGONS, BUT WHICH ONE DESERVES YOUR COIN? WEIGHT of numbers prove there’s good sense in making a 4x4 wagon from a ute, and right now most of the mid-sized 4x4 wagons on sale in Australia are ute-based. It’s a way for manufacturers to get more sales volume without having to design a new vehicle from the ground up, and it is a process that’s led to the Ford Everest being developed from the Ranger, Toyota Fortuner from the Hilux, Holden Trailblazer from the Colorado, Isuzu MU-X from the D-MAX, and the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport from the Triton. The build process is much the same: remove the ute body, shorten the wheelbase, swap the rear leaf springs for coils and the rear drum brakes for discs,…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2018

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