Pick up to estate conversion

[Paddington]

A not which pick up thread you'll be glad, but watching travel overland videos got me thinking. Several manufacturers of pick-ups do estate variants, but not in this country, why ?
There's the Ford Everest based on the Ranger, the Toyota 4runner and Surf based on the Hi Lux, the Isuzu MUX based on the D Max etc. Of course for tax reasons in the UK people buy pick ups, but there must a market (including me ) for a basic 4X4 estate, surely ?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Really then ,its an SUV like the landcruiser ,Xtrail or Terrano

 

[Cowabunga]

A not which pick up thread you'll be glad, but watching travel overland videos got me thinking. Several manufacturers of pick-ups do estate variants, but not in this country, why ?
There's the Ford Everest based on the Ranger, the Toyota 4runner and Surf based on the Hi Lux, the Isuzu MUX based on the D Max etc. Of course for tax reasons in the UK people buy pick ups, but there must a market (including me ) for a basic 4X4 estate, surely ?

You aren't looking hard enough.
They have been available in the past from Toyota and Mitsubishi, most recently Mitsubishi who still offer them today as the Shogun Sport. Check it out on the Mitsubishi web site.
They never sold worth a damn in the UK. I think Mitsubishi re-introduced it because the Shogun is being phased out. Not sure whether there is a replacement proper Shogun on the horizon.

Don't forget Ssangyong Rexton either, which offers excellent value for money and is basically similar in the way you mean to the Musso pickup.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

What about the Pathfinder, oh hold on, didn’t they break in two aswell......

 

[JohnBoy]

What about the Pathfinder, oh hold on, didn’t they break in two aswell......

I was wondering about that recently..... does the full body on top of the pathfinder chassis make them not break in the middle.

but basically as the duck says they used do it, but they didnt sell very well so it doesnt pay to import them anymore.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

I was wondering about that recently..... does the full body on top of the pathfinder chassis make them not break in the middle.

but basically as the duck says they used do it, but they didnt sell very well so it doesnt pay to import them anymore.

I think they rusted just the same but maybe they held together a bit longer!!

 

[Cowabunga]

Nissan chassis are very poorly protected and only marginally strong enough for the job. They stamp holes in them in the most stupid areas, probably specifically to shorten their useful life expectancy. You don’t find anything like the number of holes in other brands apart from Mercedes, which is a Nissan in disguise. Certainly no such holes in those places on a Toyota.
All chassis are relatively flexible but Nissan are more flexible than most and indeed are made of a poor quality steel that oxidises and flakes much younger than most.

You can probably tell that I don’t rate the Nissan Navara highly. Indeed as far as quality of design and construction goes, the Navara has to be bottom of the heap.

 

[michael N123]

Nissan chassis are very poorly protected and only marginally strong enough for the job. They stamp holes in them in the most stupid areas, probably specifically to shorten their useful life expectancy. You don’t find anything like the number of holes in other brands apart from Mercedes, which is a Nissan in disguise. Certainly no such holes in those places on a Toyota.
All chassis are relatively flexible but Nissan are more flexible than most and indeed are made of a poor quality steel that oxidises and flakes much younger than most.

You can probably tell that I don’t rate the Nissan Navara highly. Indeed as far as quality of design and construction goes, the Navara has to be bottom of the heap.

Both our L200 chassis are full of holes to so it’s not just a Nissan thing

 

[Cowabunga]

Both our L200 chassis are full of holes to so it’s not just a Nissan thing

There’s holes and there’s lots of great big ones like Nissan. It’s a pet hate of mine. Only Toyota have a minimum of them and I’ve previously posted pictures to illustrate the point. Some may remember. The reason for the holes where they are, in the wheel spray area, is only to build in obsolescence. To ensure that the vehicles have a finite life that is shorter than it otherwise would be. Nissan overdid it and it is my opinion that they continue to overdo it.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Both our L200 chassis are full of holes to so it’s not just a Nissan thing

Although Nissan have the award for mist snapped or welded chassiss once you start looking you will find some brocken and a lot of strengthened L200s around aswell

 

[Cowabunga]

Although Nissan have the award for mist snapped or welded chassiss once you start looking you will find some brocken and a lot of strengthened L200s around aswell

It is the most common way for all pickups to die. Barely painted box section chassis made of holed monkey-metal are the work of the devil.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Import an American truck and be done with it.

 

[Flat 10]

Put a canopy on a doublecab?