Imagine what the 4WD haters would make of this one in the city!

[miss ss]

from a newsletter I got........

Completely Outrageous Department

For the family who has everything, International USA have recently released the completely over-the-top International CXT ( Commercial Extreme Truck) dual cab. This is a ute, based on an Inter truck chassis with the inclusion of the latest in driver comforts. It weighs around 6.3 tonnes, which is twice as heavy as a HumVee, and gets around 12 gallons to the mile ( nah only joking). It will probably sell in Australia for around $200K, but it would be anyone’s guess as to how much insurance would cost. International does not expect it to be a mass market vehicle, for obvious reasons.

[Astranomical]

That looks like....a cross between a Ford Explorer, an F350, a Hilux, and some sort of truck.

[ClairBear]

Please please please please please dont let them get imported here. That's the last thing we need on the road - mothers stoned on valium in rush hour traffic taking kids to school in one of those.... nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Astranomical]

I agree...they should make it so that AT THE VERY LEAST, you need a LR type license to be able to drive one.

[Bec]

lol mini-mack. I hate it.

[vpwgn]

ha ha. i love it. imagine it bag with massive chromies i mean ahh... jeez how dangerous would our roads become....

[Wombat]

When the increased parking costs for 4x4's in Sydney were first talked about, the John Laws radio show had morons calling in and whinging. One guy said "I have four kids, how am I supposed to get them to school?"...buy a people mover you tool...come to that, Commodore, Falcon, Magna, and I think even Camry wagons have an optional rear childrens seat extra row...you would carry the same amount of gear as the 4x4, using far less petrol, costing far less to run (tyres and servicing and such), and have real safety, instead of percieved safety.
By the last comment, I mean the simple fact that some little woman in her massive 4x4 with huge bullbar thinks she is perfectly safe up there six feet above the traffic...and if she smacks something like a Toyota Echo, she probably will be...however, in even basic accidents, especially side impacts, 4x4's roll over and play dead very quickly indeed because of the high center of gravity. Roll overs are a huge problem in even apparently minor accidents.
Couple this with the fact that they don't have to have crumple zones the same as a passenger car, and have a solid rigid chassis which efficiently transfers the impact forces straight to the nice soft bodies inside, makes them in fact worse in a crash than a Commodore or Falcon.

Ahh, I'm pissing into the wind...they'll never do anything to control the idiots who buy these status symbols and dub them up with massive billet wheels and polished alloy bullbars, get used for a commuter vehicle only, and the most dirt they see is the footpath when they get washed and polished weekly... :b:

[VSTrev]

I'm with you wombat,

that "Truck" is pointless and stupid.

[rattattack1313]

me too..I hate the "Toorak Cowboys"... with the fur lined glove boxes for their mastercard......

[Torana]

When are the yanks going to f***ing learn!!!!!?????

[jules]

did you see how easily iraq fell?

they'll be building those oversized monstrosities for a while yet