Unusual Tow Vehicle

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Marty quite a few places where you have to travel at 110kmh. Marty to travel at 25-35mph you would be fined into the ground even on a back road. Obviously many people on this forum have not travelled much outside NA or have the slightest knowledge of trucking / transport in relation to those countries
Travel looney lives in his own world, his world and reality are distantly related

I have been outside the NA many times. Been to the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Central America, South America, Jamaica, and so on. I got pictures if you don't believe me. What I have learned from every where that I have been is that people and cultures are different from one place to the next. What is acceptable in one country may not be in another. So please stop this "everything in NA is junk compared to the rest of the world specifically Australia" attitude that you always portray when you post. I don't know where you got this hatred for all things American, but in needs to stop.

Have you driven one of these Isuzu N-series 215hp/452lb-ft 5.2L truck and also a Ram 4500 325hp/750/lb-ft 6.7L to compare the two? I doubt it. I have and can tell you that the Isuzu is too slow at highway speeds as Marty stated and is vastly underpowered for most North American's expectations. That is why these N-Series trucks are mainly found in inner city areas due to their lack of power.

I am not saying they are bad trucks or don't have there purpose. I am just saying our expectation for power is greater over here just like your expectation for fuel economy is greater over there. There are many factors that play in to this, one of the being how inexpensive fuel is over here in comparison. Then there is the factor that we have a big enough market for our own needs/wants while Australia had live with "global vehicles" since their market was not big enough. These "global vehicles" had to abide by many regulations from many different countries one being displacement tax that taxed you more for the greater engine displacement you had. This forced the market to lean towards smaller displacement engines which forced them to be put in smaller vehicles. Even though Australia never had a displacement tax, they had to live with these smaller vehicles since they shared the "global vehicles" market.

North America never had a displacement tax and we had an auto market that catered to our needs/wants specifically and no one else's. We didn't have to live with small vehicles just because some other country that we shared our market with required them. So our engines go bigger along with our vehicles and our lust for more power. Our culture is a lot different in comparison and a vehicle that may make your jollies wet because it uses 215 hp to tow 14k lbs will not do the same for many here. We expect more power and better towing performance out of our vehicles.