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- From: jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen)
- Subject: Re: Japanese Full Size Trucks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.143045.8930@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:30:45 GMT
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- Hold on here:
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- n article <1992Nov22.024353.13830@rchland.ibm.com>
- alter@rchland.vnet.ibm.com w
- rites:
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- >I just looked at one of these Toyota T100 pickups (the 1/2ton) and
- must say
- >that I'm not impressed. I've been waiting a long time to see if the
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- >Japanese learned from Ford and GM's truck mistakes, but I don't think
- so.
- >
- >1. The 3.0L engine is too small (lower hp and torque). The Ford ranger
- >3.0L has more power (can't say too much about GMs stuff as I was that
- the
- >local Ford/Toyota dealer leafing through truck literature and ranacross
- >the data). Hey, the japs may make 'em more reliable, but if your gonna use
- >the truck for what it's designed for, hauling/towing, I think yourwasting
- >your $20,000 (4WD version I saw).
-
-
- Waity a sec, I assumed you were talking about the 4.0 V6, when in fact
- you were claiming the 3.0 V6 was better than Toyota's engine.
-
- If you say the 3.0 V6 is good for hauling, and the Toyota engine
- puts out more torque and horsepower than the 4.0 V6, then shouldn't
- the Toyota be be MUCH better for hauling/towing than the truck you
- compared it to?
-
- john
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