Ram 2500 CTD in Africa

RobertRyan wrote:

Valhalla360 wrote:
you needed to repair often.

I suspect part of it is there are some who suggest American trucks can't hold up well in challenging 3rd world conditions but it's really more of a marketing thing. Most people in these countries go Toyota because it's the dominant brand so finding parts is easier...not that Toyota is any more durable. 

No Toyota's are unbreakable in these sort of conditions. Reason why the parts are avaiable in Africa, because of that reliability
US and European vehicles do not share that reliabilty. Other Japanese vehicles have similar very good reliability, that is why you see Japanese vehicles primarily roaming around Africa .
It is very very common.

You do realize, you rewrote my comment to say something the original didn't say...and then you criticized the result.

But honestly, not much difference in reliability. Toyota simply dominated the market before the US brands got in and then they couldn't break in...kind of like Toyota is a distant also ran in N. America mostly because the market is dominated by the Big 3 more than any actual quality issue (that and Toyota couldn't get it through their heads, Americans want a big V8 truck for the first 30yr they tried to enter the market.)

Of course, it's funny, that we had to stop for repairs twice with the Land Cruiser we had last February in Tanzania...so "unbreakable" doesn't really hold up (not that I'm suggesting they are bad vehicles)