Advice/ thoughts on a car with high mileage . . . please?
Jun 27th 2010, 11:37 am
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Re: Advice/ thoughts on a car with high mileage . . . please?
I would probably avoid Great Wall until their safety improves - they were struggling to get one star with EuroNCAP, and unable to sell within the EU for a while when they were allowed to sell in Australia. And I doubt they've lifted the safety of their cars sold in Australia to the minimum allowable in the EU.
Jun 27th 2010, 11:52 am
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Re: Advice/ thoughts on a car with high mileage . . . please?
I would probably avoid Great Wall until their safety improves - they were struggling to get one star with EuroNCAP, and unable to sell within the EU for a while when they were allowed to sell in Australia. And I doubt they've lifted the safety of their cars sold in Australia to the minimum allowable in the EU.
Jun 27th 2010, 12:01 pm
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Im just saying that I would buy one if I needed a ute as long as the standard working parts were all in order. They only carry 2 peole after all and would probably offer more protection than you'd get being piled into a tiny hatchback in a crash.
Jun 27th 2010, 12:01 pm
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the 4x4 actually has a 4 star ancap rating..... same as a new Prado
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Jun 27th 2010, 12:04 pm
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Jun 27th 2010, 12:06 pm
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They actually carry 4 people.
Oh well , even better.
Toyotas hold their price because theyre reliable as **** and thats the whack Jack!
Jun 27th 2010, 12:12 pm
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You're quite right - it looks like this was announced 2 months ago. The original SUVs rated really poorly on safety, with ANCAP ratings of 1 or 2 whilst not being able to meet requirements in the EU. Looks like they may have lifted their game a bit on the SUV, don't know about the utes though.
Jun 27th 2010, 12:15 pm
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You're quite right - it looks like this was announced 2 months ago.
Jun 27th 2010, 12:18 pm
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You're quite right - it looks like this was announced 2 months ago. The original SUVs rated really poorly on safety, with ANCAP ratings of 1 or 2 whilst not being able to meet requirements in the EU. Looks like they may have lifted their game a bit on the SUV, don't know about the utes though.
Jun 27th 2010, 12:19 pm
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Here is the result on the Ancap website.