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15-10-2024, 08:34 PM | #391 | ||
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Might be … I guess the price point will be a real test though seeing this thing is petrol and not diesel.
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16-10-2024, 07:08 PM | #392 | |||
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However, the battery itself is sized at 30 kWh and will give around 100 km range on battery. Assuming the car is charged up overnight, then it is conceivable that a typical tradie's commute would be within that 100 km of battery range. Where it comes into its own is for a person towing a van (granted at 2.5t not a particularly big van). That 30 kWh battery will power a whole lot of creature comforts overnight. For government and commercial fleets, the attractiveness of the vehicle is; A) the illusion of being green and caring for the environment, B) being able to recharge the ute while it is sitting in the yard overnight, C) and being able to fall back to liquid fuels. For governments, whether it has more or less running costs is immaterial as they are spending your tax dollars. |
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16-10-2024, 11:10 PM | #393 | ||
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I don't like the way the reviewer puts over the top emotion into how he talks but you get that on the big jobs, The digital displays being 'stuck on' the dash is a bit gay I reckon, looks very slapped on, If this thing steers and handles like shit, wonder if the locals will step up to the plate like shockworks and offer a steering/suspension package that makes it way better. He mentions a bit about NMC batteries, which this thing doesn't have, but this also makes me laugh: 'I'm a bit reluctant to bend it about' Immediately starts bending about in hands Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 16-10-2024 at 11:19 PM. |
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16-10-2024, 11:27 PM | #394 | ||||
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Their tools consist of a 6ft fibreglass ladder and a louis vuitton handbag with some basic hand tools in it. Quote:
Means the average Victorian drives 33km/day, at 100km of range they get three days worth of fuel-free running in perfect conditions. |
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17-10-2024, 09:40 AM | #395 | |||
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And then at the weekends, swap over to a RAM 1500 TRX / F‑150 LARIAT ... |
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18-10-2024, 09:08 PM | #396 | ||
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The coupe-utility strikes back:
https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...-cruz-and-ford "But a new bruhaha, in a slightly different theatre of war, is brewing over the next few years as a slew of smaller, lighter, more-efficient and – most importantly – less expensive dual-cab utes land on our shores. Announcing the coupe-utility coup, brought to you by Hyundai, Ford… and probably everybody else over time, even Honda! All of these new wave of utes systematically abandon the heavy and bulky body-on-frame construction — used by the HiLux, Ranger, Isuzu D-Max, Mitsubishi Triton and the like — for monocoque construction from existing SUV platforms as a base." Yay! Imagine if one of them gets something like independent rear suspension...
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19-10-2024, 10:30 AM | #397 | |||
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I think the biggest drawback to Australian market acceptance is the towing capacity. The standard Ford Maverick with 2.0l ecoboost or PHEV can only tow 2000 pounds (900 kg), and with the 4K towing pack and AWD it can pull 4000 pounds. With the Santa Cruz properly configured able to tow 5000 pounds (2200kg). Both are less than what a Ford Falcon could pull. I am sure there are niches in the market that they can fill. It would be interesting to see what the sale price would be. |
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19-10-2024, 01:26 PM | #398 | |||
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I struggle to see how they could make any impact in Australia
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19-10-2024, 01:36 PM | #399 | |||
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Would suit the suburban apartment/city dweller who appreciates a vehicle that they can do the odd bunnings run in but it still drives nicely in 99% of its use going to work and doing things like going to the beach, but it doesn't have the turning circle of the Costa Concordia or a rattly diesel engine that sounds like a school bus, expensive to service, and your hands get covered in diesel when you touch the pump and you need to fill it with that adblue stuff. I like the idea of the Maverick, it crosses over with the RAV4 buyer who tends to be a 30-something suburban/apartment dwelling millennial, its based on the Focus platform, so its going to stop/steer and go very nicely. Think of the Parkrun brigade, they'd be keen on this. Look at all the marketing photos on the Maverick, https://www.ford.com/trucks/maverick/ What do you see? Now look at the Ranger marketing photos: https://www.ford.com/trucks/ranger/2...der-trucks-vhp Whats the glaring difference in how both these vehicles are marketed? They're both utes, but one fits a very different demographic to 'Thailand Specials', the Maverick would be uniquely placed in our market. I'm in Princes Hill in Melbourne every Thursday, which is a 0.4km2 very affluent and bougie suburb in inner Melbourne, thats 3km north of Melbourne CBD: https://www.realestate.com.au/proper...hill-145291264 As I'm driving around the park every Thursday morning, I see a few hundred people in activewear bouncing around and jogging about the place - they're the Ford Maverick customer. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 19-10-2024 at 01:49 PM. |
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19-10-2024, 07:26 PM | #400 | |||
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Still, I don't think a ute with a unibody construction would get customer acceptance in the Australian market. Look at Toyota. They salami slice the market to the nth degree, and their utes are body on frame. |
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