Shane Ruthven i have the same issue but when i see all the 2wd pickups in the winter and they drive slower than me in a front wheel drive Golf i will never buy any of them. I dont want to change drive mode every time i need it, i want some permanent 4wd. This is save in any weather and road condition and you dont destroy your gearbox cause you cant forget turning out 4wd. In the pickup class you only have a amarok and xclass with this transmission, v6 power is almost the same, merc has an additional low gear and 3 locks, so the choice is really easy... you get most for your price and yes its a navara underneath but motor, transmission and chassis is from merc and this makes a huge difference.

And to think that Merc made a legendery 4x4 like the Gwagen....makes it sad really and i love Merc P.S. Its Engine and 4x4 system are really good tho

people pay for Mercs not only for their budge but for its relative luxury feel (even though it could be down on features). With this ute, they have missed this factor when charging 30 to 50% more. Also, if someone buys a ute they generally intend to use it for the purposes their styling suggests, so yes 3 years is laughable.

Yeah but the tritons are garbage

@@maxbett8845 never hear them having mechanical issues so i beg to differ.

Beg to differ, tritons are awesome bang for your buck. It took out the recent dual cab test by 4x4 action

SsangYong was never a Daimler-Benz subsidiary.

@@afcgeo882 in the 1990's Mercedes owned a significant part of Ssangyong. Ssangyong manufactured vans for them and the original Musso was sold through Mercedes dealerships for a short while. My 1996 Musso had a genuine made in Germany Benz engine and transmission and my '14 and '15 models still feature 5 speed auto Benz transmission as does the latest Rexton with it's 7 speed auto. The link between the companies is 100% real. They even had a luxury sedan called chairman that was the 1990's E class with a different body shell. The old Rexton started out life as a rebodied M class as well.

Having driven all of the utes on the market currently, I was so impressed with the Musso, the only niggle is the jitteryness on the rear end is not as sorted as the Ranger or X-Class, besides that, everything was very good.

Mark Griffiths in the 1990’s Daimler-Benz owned exactly 0% of SsangYong. ZERO. The two companies worked jointly on projects via a contract, a technology partnership. The most famous one being the Musso. However, there was never any ownership stakes traded. Daimler-Benz did purchase 3% of SsangYong a few years ago though and even considered buying it out from Daewoo, but that went nowhere.

@@afcgeo882 is 100% hung up on being correct and therefore misses the point I was making in the first place. Ssangyong are making a ute for less than half the price than Mercedes. Subsidiary partnership or whatever the hell your snowflake self would like to call it, the connection is 100% real. Ssangyong to this very day still utilize some Mercedes components (a la 7 speed automatic in the Rexton) Mercedes really did sell Musso through their dealerships badged as Mercedes Ssangyong Musso for a while and my 1996 Musso had a 100% made in Germany 3.2 litre 6 cylinder engine coupled to a Mercedes 4 speed automatic transmission. The previous Rexton started out life as the original 1990's ML320 and Ssangyong made a big thing of the connection between the two when they released it in Korea in the early 2000's

outwestlawns you do get the three pointed star tho...

@@Tomoyo0827 that's why I bought it. Now I fanaticise about the office receptionist asking for a ride home and then getting an erection without viagra but people just laugh at me at the traffic lights

Are you still alive?

Berend Pilon because it’s a Nissan.

This aged badly

It will go up in value idiot. These will be a collectors item as they are not made anymore and have a Mercedes badge.

Rangers are like backsides, everyone has one.Try the Navara V6 diesel 2012 2013 and 2014 it is 550nm and a brilliant ute.I have just remapped it and it is lethal, should have done it when I got it.

Hows the Toyota going for you?

Ram is a dated design and not comparable. No lane departure, EBA or adaptive cruise control, seems VW or Ranger is a better buy.

max bett Certainly have, I burst out laughing thinking why do you want to drive a ute like a mere tradie if you think your so much better than anyone else driving a mere Hilux or Triton, go figure 🤷‍♂️. They look like such cocksuckers.

@@Hazardbone ha ha ha

Tell em 😂

Damian Rudling Spot on ! Don’t understand it or can’t afford it then Slag it...Tall Poppy Syndrome at its finest

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Nissan did the reverse to a mercedes. Do whos who?

GO THE MIGHTY HILUX😎A mate of mine just bought one and after the first time of it driving on a Flat slightly ,muddy slippery dirt road the PLASTIC BASH PLATE HALF BROKE OFF AN we got back on the black top an pulled into a servo we had to unbolt the rest of it an take the plate off , very disappointed to see a $80000 luxury 4wd with crap useless bash plates plus u have to wait at least 6 to 12months be for any upgrades are available to put on it here in Aust

@@leonbennett3190 id buy a cruiser

Buy a hilux and have dpf problems

Leon Bennett sounds like your mate got ripped off paying $80,000 for Thai Hilux Ute. He should have ponied up for the x class!