Quote Originally Posted by Dr Terry View Post
Yeah, as my example of the TF Rodeo showed, some of these commercial vehicles have very long model lives. Take a look at Toyota, the average Landcruiser or HiLux model run is quite often twice as long (or more) compared to say a Corolla or Camry.

The WB run is difficult to measure. They were released in April 1980 & production ceased around Oct/Nov 1984 & the excess sold into 1985, but not actually replaced by another model. The question is when do you consider the WB to have ceased sales, I usually just call it Dec 1984, which makes it a 57 month model run. I guess many sold well into 1985, but that happens with most models.

Dr Terry
That's what I was getting at with VS, they finished arould Jul- Sept 2000 but remained in both plant and dealer stock until 2001. Maybe a good measure of when a series is actually finished is when dealers are forced to register remaining stock as demos? I noticed that Nissan are still clearing 2011 plated ST-X and ST-X 550 Navaras as new cars but discounted. No series change here though. I guess the end of WB was a bit like the end of HZ passenger vehicles and the end of VS in some ways as either there was no replacement or the replacement was radically different.
I agree with wbute that the long run of Hilux probably drags up the value of 2005 examples but it also hurts new ones as 2nd hand units. If the new shape Hilux is any good the old ones will suffer badly especially if the news ones get decent engines.