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Old 27-04-2024, 10:00 PM   #31
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Default Re: GMC Yukon for Australia

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Rubbish Franco, we have a 2023.25 Ford Escape Vignale with an Ecoboost Engine, and it is brilliant. It has amazing power and economy.
You just agreed with what I said:

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We're predominantly a diesel SUV market but one wonders if it's because the unleaded options sans Ford Ecoboost in SUVs have always been trash naturally aspirated 4 cylinder junk vs turbo diesel.

Wonder if they'll gamble with the 6.2L V8 and offer it to us as well as the diesel.

**** I hate naturally aspirated 4 cylinder junk, should have died 15+ years ago. Especially in heavy vehicles like SUVs or 'sports cars' like the MX5 and BRZ/86 - right joke those things are naturally aspirated, 'sports' car my Equus africanus asinus.
That's basically a fancy way of saying 'excluding/without' Ford Ecoboost using a word thats circa 700 years old

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Old 28-04-2024, 09:52 AM   #32
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It begins. The success of the US pick up conversions here has led to their wagon body cousins getting the same treatment. Ready for some moar Americana on our roads?

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...stralian-roads

We already have the smaller size Grand Cherokee imported in RHD by Jeep, but the Yukon is that size bigger. It's based on the same GMT T1XX platform as the Silverado.

I know some of you hanker for those old Suburbans...

What could this lead to? Imagine Ford imports the Explorer to compete with the Grand Cherokee (would be very interested in this!) and then similarly brings the Expedition to convert alongside the F150... imagine!

Those inner city Melbourne councils will be going ape at this news.
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The Yukon is an extension of the already in place Silverado RHD engineering and conversion program.
With relatively low numbers governed by customer demand, it’s pretty much a cottage industry.

I don’t know how much volume this will add to Walkinshaw but most likely feeling the presence
of F150 in the market and looking to a large SUV as a way of offering something different to the
competition, Toyota may have opened the door with the Luke warm response to the new Landcruiser
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Old 30-04-2024, 09:15 PM   #33
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The Yukon is an extension of the already in place Silverado RHD engineering and conversion program.
With relatively low numbers governed by customer demand, it’s pretty much a cottage industry.

I don’t know how much volume this will add to Walkinshaw but most likely feeling the presence
of F150 in the market and looking to a large SUV as a way of offering something different to the
competition, Toyota may have opened the door with the Luke warm response to the new Landcruiser
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