2 hours ago, Wake Up said:

I understand Chevy is considering leaving the Asian truck market. 

cripes, does that mean no more Colorados for sale in Thailand? or service, for me I really liked  it or does that mean no assembly in Korea ?

41 minutes ago, kannot said:

cripes, does that mean no more Colorados for sale in Thailand? or service, for me I really liked  it or does that mean no assembly in Korea ?

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Auto_ADO/30337790

58 minutes ago, kannot said:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Auto_ADO/30337790

This article you posted suggests I am 100 percent wrong about Chevy and Thailand. I did not copy the article I read about Chevy but it stated that Toyota and Isuzu dominated the truck market in Thailand and Ford was a growing third place and Chevy was considering leaving certain Asia markets due to lack of profit and sales. It also talked about prior production joint venture issues with Chevy truck motors from its Asian supplier. Maybe Chevy has changed its mind and will continue to compete in Thailand. 

Ford has 0% finance, yes that is tempting. But they do charge for the big service 20k and the small service 10k, so I’ve been told!
That’s more than double I pay for servicing my V-Cross at the dealer.

9 hours ago, Russell17au said:

First thing you must decide is what you want petrol or diesel to start with then you must look at what is available if you want a 4 door or a 2 door, remembering that the 2 door gives you more room in the cargo bay, then you must look at the names of the vehicles for an example: Isuzu also builds the Chev Colorado and the Holden Rodeo, same motor and running gear as the Isuzu.

Thought Chevy now used it's own diesel engine..

 

 

I picked up a new 4 door BT-50 Mazda(Hi Racer) for 700K as our local dealer had a promotion on.

It is still a truck ride but better than the previous 2 door BT-50 we had. 

 

With the smallest engine they could find in the cupboard.
Maybe tickled to have high power by electronic wizardry, but a bigger engine in a pickup like that would be much nicer.
The trailer can only be 2200 kilo!

I think they call it 'engineering'.

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Ford has 0% finance, yes that is tempting. But they do charge for the big service 20k and the small service 10k, so I’ve been told!
That’s more than double I pay for servicing my V-Cross at the dealer.

Told by who? A Dulloya sheeple?

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Being a Fan of Trucks for Traders Only, i must mention Hondas Stupidity . The American Honda Ridgeline beats anything here for Carlike Feel, and they dont sell it here!!. Its not that  inferior to a new Accord, yet the Toyots here are nothing like a Camrey, or Nissan a Maxima, sorry dont know the name fo it here.!. But when you say a truck here is Carlike compare it by size, wheelbase etc. its not hard to say a new Isuzu rides better than a Mitsu Mirage.

5 hours ago, kannot said:

The engines have been much improved  according to Australian tests, less  noisy and they have a lot of  torque.

HAs that Isuzu got much torque, sure mpg will be  good but theres 

always a price to pay somewhere

I dunno about improvement Isuzu's new engine is built with internal mechanical bits in design similar to BM who has been leader I believe in powerful quiet diesel engines for a long time.

There are web sites read ups on the 1.9 Isuzu lump it's allegedly a big improvement on the previous 2.4.

 

Our Isuzu 1.9 has good turbo power and goes surprisingly well if that's what you mean by torque.

With a full 76 litres of fuel using the 6 speed box and trotting along at 100-110 empty reads out in dash info 15 kilos to litre when we are overloaded  it shows 11+ to 12+.

Dunno what you mean by price to pay the only thing I find weird is the air suspension when empty but really good when loaded.

4 hours ago, transam said:

Thought Chevy now used it's own diesel engine..

I guess they do seeing as they have engine building plant in Thailand there were Isuzu ties with GM as with many using Isuzu or vice-versa.

Snippet.

Isuzu diesel engines have been used all over the world by dozens of vehicle manufacturers, including Ford, Renault, Nissan, Mazda and Mitsubishi.

Toyota went into discussion with Isuzu but it fell through.

4 hours ago, siamcrut said:

Ford has 0% finance, yes that is tempting. But they do charge for the big service 20k and the small service 10k, so I’ve been told!
That’s more than double I pay for servicing my V-Cross at the dealer.

 

Think you might be mistaken on those figures.. I paid 18k baht for service up to 100k km, every 10k km.. Ford service fees are actually very reasonable..

8 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Think you might be mistaken on those figures.. I paid 18k baht for service up to 100k km, every 10k km.. Ford service fees are actually very reasonable..

That is a lot of dosh for a basic service...

1 minute ago, transam said:

That is a lot of dosh for a basic service...

 

Really ? 18k for 10 services !!

Average 1,800 per service is expensive ? Just changing oil and filter costs 1000 baht 

11 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Really ? 18k for 10 services !!

Average 1,800 per service is expensive ? Just changing oil and filter costs 1000 baht 

Sorry, I read it wrong....

But, the new Fords need syn oil, lots of it, so no way a service will be in your price range...

2 hours ago, transam said:

Sorry, I read it wrong....

But, the new Fords need syn oil, lots of it, so no way a service will be in your price range...

2018 Isuzu 1st 10K service was 2,360 bht.

On 4/19/2018 at 7:54 AM, hansnl said:

With the smallest engine they could find in the cupboard.

Maybe tickled to have high power by electronic wizardry, but a bigger engine in a pickup like that would be much nicer.

The trailer can only be 2200 kilo!

But the Ranger Raptor isn't being touted as a family camper, trailer-hauler or a tradies truck is it? It's an off-road 4x4 with bespoke suspension. The 'smallest engine they could find in the cupboard' is a twin-turbo so bugger all to do with 'electronic wizardry' and will probably pull the skin of your rice pudding faster than you can say 'Rocco is an Italian porn star', your 460 cu. in. V8... or both.

Still , 1.7 million baht is a lot for a pick up .

 

6 minutes ago, NE1 said:

Still , 1.7 million baht is a lot for a pick up .

 

The V8s gone, itsa V6 Stateside, . but here it will most likely have a Honda Wave 125cc.

Raptor is not even in the equation, so lets forget about that one :)

On 4/20/2018 at 7:59 AM, transam said:

Thought Chevy now used it's own diesel engine..

 

 

This is the pre 2016  model which although still in the range has been replaced with the new 2.5 Duramax marketing twaddle with 180hp and 440nm torque and a whole raft of changes  making it a much much better model, new test here , I notice Malaysia offers a way better warranty than Thailand at 5  years 200k km than the Thai 100k  kilometres and 3  years, test here with Ranger

 

34 minutes ago, kannot said:

test here with Ranger

So the GM Colorado was improved because of the competition given by the Ranger. 

Sorry, I read it wrong....
But, the new Fords need syn oil, lots of it, so no way a service will be in your price range...

Our last service was around 4k from Ford.

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20 hours ago, JaseTheBass said:

Our last service was around 4k from Ford.

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Typical ford rip off, my Vigo is normally under 2000 and is my Pajero the same

2 minutes ago, MINIMIGLIA said:

Typical ford rip off, my Vigo is normally under 2000 and is my Pajero the same

Service costs for just oil change are low within the first years, as the kilos build up & years other fluids need changing along with brakes & belts they can easily reach 4000 and more.

If anyone has drive the new ride that Kawasaki has, my thoughts were that the extra CCs in Ford n Toyo dont do much. Superb Value imo.

2 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Service costs for just oil change are low within the first years, as the kilos build up & years other fluids need changing along with brakes & belts they can easily reach 4000 and more.

Yep, I recently had the brake, auto trans and power steering fluids changed..

 

32 minutes ago, transam said:

Yep, I recently had the brake, auto trans and power steering fluids changed..

 

Why not have the other 3 brakes done.?

2 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Service costs for just oil change are low within the first years, as the kilos build up & years other fluids need changing along with brakes & belts they can easily reach 4000 and more.

I am talking about regular 10000 services not the ocational high ones, where all fluids are changed

 

10 minutes ago, HAKAPALITA said:

Why not have the other 3 brakes done.?

The plural was in the word "fluids"....