Let's see now: Izuzu Fargo, I'm guessing Australia saw it as the Holden Shuttle. If so P.O.S > Mazda Bongo (=Ford Econovan/Spectron), The 4wd version is a joke really. Nice try though. The LWB versions sit barley 1" higher though! > Mitsubishi Delica/L300/Express, No offence guys but this is the one that really started the 4wd van craze. 1983/84 was the first one with real off road ability. Crap on the road and tinny as hell though. We owned one back in 1990-1994. > Nissan Vanette, Urvan/Homy/Caravan, the ones I've seen are dogs. > Toyota Liteace/Townace/Masterace, Hiace, Estima (=Previa), the 1980's Liteace and previa/tarago was like the Mazda, playing catchup to Mitsu and the L300. Limited offroad ability. Not sure about the Hiace but then it is a big bugger really. Apart from the Izuzu and the Nissan we got all the 4wd vans at one point or another. FYI, the L300 4wd was available between 1983/84 and 1999/2000, the Toyotas 1986/1989, the Mazda/Fords about 1986/1988 while the VW Synchro ran 1989/1991 with about 200 sold. The T4 Synchro is still available. Ian |
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