Where are the sales figures?

[Mysticality]

did you punch him?


seriously, I am seeing more and more shhkodas on our roads daily .. the trend will continue. Like the ad used to say: "It won't heppen overnight, but it will heppen."

Very tempted. Should have. XD

There's a business around here that has a white pre-FL vRS diesel. Complete with company advertising. I was very impressed.

Then, there was the mother, father and 2 or 3 kids frantically waving as they saw an exact copy of daddy's car driving past (blue FL vRS wagon).
Then there's the silver and anthracite vRS's I see driving around.
Everyone waves. Its great.

Well, except the drivers of the lower-spec models. And the Scout, which is floating around somewhere.

Haven't actually seen anything thats not an Octy... Or a Yeti. Seen two of those.

Don't do it. I've had a look at them (a while back) & the technology is quite similar to the Series 2 Land Rovers I did my apprenticeship on in the late 70s (& the Series 2 was pretty old then). Maybe they've improved but the original ones tha Micheal Tynan brought in had no synchro on 1st (& 2nd?).

I've been reading a few things on the ute, and it looks pretty nice. Might head down to the tractor place that has one as a work ute. Dual cab with body-tray.
No synchro's? What?? That has to be the ones from the 70's... Right?

[brad]

I've been reading a few things on the ute, and it looks pretty nice. Might head down to the tractor place that has one as a work ute. Dual cab with body-tray.
No synchro's? What?? That has to be the ones from the 70's... Right?

Nope. It's the modern one.

I live near to where the importer has all his dealerships (Tynan is a very successful car salesman - he's worth millions). It appears that a lot of his tech staff (who wouldn't normally get a vehicle) have Mahindras as company drives. I'd assume it was because nobody was buying them & they wanted to get some registrations on the board (common among all the brands).

You'd be better off with a Great Wall or a Ssangyong or a Suzuki Jimny. Don't say I didn't warn you

[Mysticality]

Great Wall or a Ssangyong or a Suzuki Jimny. Don't say I didn't warn you

Stigma about the GW, Ssangyong I don't think come with diesel, and the Jimny (which I would love) is a little small for cargo and doesn't come in diesel.
If it did, I'd be all over it in a flash.

[brad]

Stigma about the GW

You're considering a Mahindra but concerned about the stigma of a Great Wall. OMGROFLCOPTER!!!

Well, I guess if you buy a Mahindra then everyone that works at Eagle Boys, Dominoes, Saphire Carwash & Coles Express will want to be your friend.

[BluChris]

IIRC SSangyong are all diesel in Oz, usually old Merc designs built under licence. The looks? Distinctive doesn't come close for most of em

[Mysticality]

You're considering a Mahindra but concerned about the stigma of a Great Wall. OMGROFLCOPTER!!!

Considering the nearest GW and Mahindra dealers are Campbelltown, I don't really have all that much to aspire to.
I'd ultimately love a GU Ti Patrol, but...

[woofy]

Considering the nearest GW and Mahindra dealers are Campbelltown, I don't really have all that much to aspire to.
I'd ultimately love a GU Ti Patrol, but...

After seeing how many Patrols had reported and unreported issues that Nissan just don't want to know about with about 20 yrs of my Dad owning all the various models, I would be very hesitant to touch one again. The last 3 he had all blew their engines at around 20k each time.

[Jake02]

Ssangyong I don't think come with diesel.

No dude, SsangYongs don't come in petrol. I'd choose a Great Wall over a Mahindra anyday - you can tell by how many GWs you see compared to Mahindras. I've only ever seen one Mahindra on the road ever, and they've been here as long as Skoda have. I see Great Walls every minute almost; they're everywhere! Don't even touch a Mahindra, lol.

[brad]

I've only ever seen one Mahindra on the road ever, .

Go for a drive to Tynan Mercedes/Chrysler/Dodge (which is also the Mahindra showroom but they hide it well) on the 5 ways at Miranda. There's a back street into the service department & there'd be 10 of them parked there (issued to the techs I assume).

They must be shockers because a fair few of the techs would live locally & have full use of the vehicles & I never see them on the weekends. Pretty bad if it's free & they still don't drive it. LOL

[BluChris]

If ya gotta go budget have a look at How Safe is Your Car. If you compare Mahindra, Great Wall utes and Ssangyong Actyon none is stellar but frankly I'd only go near the Ssangyong if I had to chose one of these. The others are not going to be your friend if you have a significant stack (2 stars and really low offset frontal crash scores). The Ssangyong is still below recommended (3 stars. Recommended is 4 stars or better) but it is at least less dismal.

Budget is one thing. Sacrificing your personal safety to save money is another.

[Transporter]

They must be shockers because a fair few of the techs would live locally & have full use of the vehicles & I never see them on the weekends. Pretty bad if it's free & they still don't drive it. LOL

I couldn't agree more. It's like with everything in life; you get what you paid for.

[BlackOctaviaRS]

According to caradvice.com.au, 393 sales for March - 23rd overall.

Doing well to beat mobs like Citroen, Peugeot, Renault.

People might ask "is it Russian" :-p, but, at least it's not French!

Bad news for Yeti though, not sure of the sales figure, but Mazda sold 1415 CX5's!

[K1W1]

Bad news for Yeti though, not sure of the sales figure, but Mazda sold 1415 CX5's!

I have now officially seen as many (2) CX5s on the road as I have seen Yetis.

[Transporter]

I have now officially seen as many (2) CX5s on the road as I have seen Yetis.

I didn't see the CX5 on the road yet.
I see too many Tiguans on the road and I don't know if I like it.

[K1W1]

I see too many Tiguans on the road and I don't know if I like it.

Does "Tiguan" translate to "21st century VW Beetle clone" in some language or other?