SOLID D22
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If jeep the original 4wd is ifs then.....WERE ALL DOOMED, engineers and fabricator workshops will be making a killing in a few years once everything is all ifs with people doing solid axle conversions.
The new Nissan Patrol abandons live axles for all independent suspension, part-time mechanical 4WD for Nissan’s full-time electronically controlled All-Mode 4x4 system and currently has no manual gearbox option.
No doubt it won’t be cheap either, just like its only logical rival the Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series.
Compared to GU, the new Patrol grows 90mm in length to 5140mm, is 55mm wider and 85mm taller. It is also weighs in at nearly 270kg heavier at 2780kg.
The new Patrol also substantially outsizes and outweighs the LandCruiser 200 Series.
Only a 5.6-litre V8 Patrol with a seven-speed automatic gearbox was shown in Abu Dhabi. A diesel – and probably a manual gearbox - will be added before Australian on-sale, with a 3.0-litre Renault-sourced V6 the current engine favoured to slip under the bonnet.
I reakon the flex will be better then the current GU, I hardly think they would have made it softer then the current Patrol.
The new engines will pump out way more torque then the TB48DE and ZD30DDTI CRD, so the diffs will be big aswell.
Dave.
Rumours on some forums is the GU Ute will continue on and become the "70 series" of the patrols.
That'd be nice. Just need a coily ST dual cab and it would be the world's best vehicle.
wouldnt suprise me if that was the combo or something along those lines. Probably use the Titan front diff...cant remember what that is tho
That'd be nice. Just need a coily ST dual cab and it would be the world's best vehicle.
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