Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
V6's Hiluxes don't use fuel at a rate anywhere near a 308, trust me I have had two now: A 2010 and a 2011. The absolute worst I have seen is 14L/100kM towing uphill virtually all the way. 2011 has averaged around 13L/100 over 25,000kM so far.
the 4.0Ls fly, the olds prado is 4.0l/auto and one of the utes at work is 4.0l too, if you get a 2wd hilux put a steel tray on it tho, there rough as guts with the alloy, the suspensions too hard without a bit of weight, have you looked at the new ford ranger/mazda bt-50? my uncle just bought the newest model of the bt-50, i think the ford was 4-5k more than the mazda and its the same ute, his is turbo diesel/6 speed, there a nice comfy ute, huge, compared to the hilux it would abbliterate one, id never driven a diesel like it, flys, hiluxs have nothing on them, it wouldnt last as a proper work/farm ute tho, just not that sort of ute, itll be interesting to see there resale value in a few years being a mazda?? ive heard of a few blokes killing the gearboxes on new utes tho, one fella was bogged and killed it getting out