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And yet you can find used F-150's listed for Australia on Carsales.com: Car Sales Australia And I am almost positive that the F-150 was sold at one point in parts of South Africa. I acknowledge that the Ranger was developed initially for overseas markets and was built with higher capabilities...

I'm pretty sure that Ford sells F-150's in both South Africa and Australia. I don't think they sell all that well compared to the Ranger, Toyota's and Nissan's, likely because they don't have same reputation as the other vehicles. Also, they're only offered with gasoline engines, and diesel...

I don't think my 4runner's interior is all that much better by comparison. Seats are not the best (I think the post 2014 4runners got optional leather seats), and many of the interior materials feel cheap. But everything holds together as I'm sure it does for the Colorado. I care less about...

The best thing about the 4runner: its a simple refinement of an old, but proven, design. In terms of powertrain and chassis, its very similar to the 4th gen 4runner. It's one of those vehicles that you have complete faith in when you start it up in a remote area. The worst thing about the...

Doesn't Toyota put a version of Fox shocks on their new TRD lineup? I don't think those things need to be rebuilt any sooner than the regular suspension setup's.

People predicted the same thing for the Colorado. Last time I checked, its sales were doing very well, much better than most analysts anticipated. Annual sales #'s went from ~4k in 2013 to just short of 150k over the last two years. Tacoma outsells them by another 50k per year, but still...

Quick question: What's the payload for your ZR2? GM lists out the max payload for certain configurations, but it footnotes some of those numbers with the caveat that actual payload can vary based on how the vehicle is set up.

I've heard two perspectives when it comes to the 6.0 Powestroke: One camp says avoid it like the plague. In fairness to that camp, the 6.0 had significant problems in factory form, which Ford never truly addressed. The other camp says that if you preemptively do some work, they can be turned...

Don't most of the 3/4 and 1 tons have high idle and operator-command DPF cleaning to deal with those scenarios? I'm pretty sure the big 3 expect these trucks to see some amount of idling in fleet applications.

I'm eager to see the payload and towing #'s on the Ranger. I'm hoping for at least 1,400k lbs of payload and 6k-7k of towing. The overseas Ranger is considered an overbuilt workhorse...I really hope Ford doesn't water down the NA version.

@LocoCoyote do you live in America? Because the country you are describing doesn't sound at all like the one that I live in. And for the record, no one here gives a crap about your politics. So why bring personal politics into this thread? Also, I don't really care if someone decides to...

You may only get one shot, but the heavy recoil of a particular cartridge shouldn't preclude someone from taking follow-up shots if able. .44 and above don't lend themselves well to follow-up shots, especially in light-weight platforms. And size and fitness levels really only account for so...

No disagreement from me on that issue. If you're primarily focused on short-range commuting w/ low annual mileage, the gasoline will work very well. I'm pointing out that the diesel will not be a problem in such driving conditions, so long as you get it on the highway every once in a while...

@malibubts, I had heard the 3.0l ecodiesel takes longer to warm up as compared to other diesels (mostly referring to the 3/4 ton's). Have you found this to be true? @Martinjmpr: FWIW, OEM's put out smaller displacement diesels (2.8l in the Colorado and 3.0l in the Ram and F-150). I have not...

I need to get back up to Ontario...awesome country up there!

Have you actually shot a .454 casull? I'm not disagreeing that heavy/fast bullets are better at stopping animal charges. But I also think some people opt for more gun than what they're capable of accurately employing. .44 magnum is about the heaviest I'd go for a 'bear' gun, and even that...

Yes, the decreased fuel consumption of the diesel does offset the higher cost of diesel fuel. If you enter all the variables (annual mileage, fuel costs, combined mpg) into an excel sheet, you'll see that ecodiesel saves you money, despite the higher cost of diesel. That margin of savings...

The 4runner's 1gr-fe (4.0l v6, which was also found in earlier Tacoma's) was designed, from the ground up, as a truck engine. Max horsepower and torque are delivered somewhat lower in the RPM range as compared to the new Tacoma's 3.5l v6 (2gr-fks). The 1gr-fe also produces somewhat more torque...

I'll let the OP address the topic in its entirety, but I just wanted to point out that math is not correct. You don't need to get 20% better mpg in order to "break even" with a fuel type that costs 20% more. There is not a direct corollary relationship between the fuel price difference and...

I don't really agree with the whole "knock-out" concept. Modern bullets don't kill animals by knocking them down or out. They kill through: organ/system destruction and bleeding. When people refer to animals stumbling or falling down (temporarily or permanently) after a bullet strike, it's...