The new Nissan Navarra for 2021

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Just moved on a '66 plate Trafic LWB (Rated to carry more weight than a LWB Sprinter or Iveco.) at 148k miles, all it had had was diesel, tyres, screenwash. oil, filters, brake pads and front discs. Averaged 38 mpg without trying.

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Sounds the same as my Vivaro. Mine was second hand so don't know what service record it had/hadn't. Nice vans, I like mine and when I bought it I haggled the price right down on the grounds that what I saved on purchase would be spent on repairs.
Carries a lot of weight, does around 36-38mpg and also tows a trailer nicely.

Best van we ever had was a Movano, I think brake discs was the biggest expenditure on that and it spent most of it's time on the limit weight wise and speed wise. Also had Transits, Mercs and Renault over the years, worst as far as driver experience goes were the LDV Sherpa things. How I hated them things!

 

[Cowabunga]

My Navara, 80 mile journey was the last one from Shropshire to Gwynedd over the Berwyn mountains. No trailer but about 250kg in the bed. Regularly get mid 30’s on a run and I don't hang about.

And the readout is pretty accurate compared to pump calculations

The Renault diesel engines are very significantly more economical and better than Ford's old 2.0 and 3.2 engines.

 

[jackp]

4motion is a pretty poor 4wd system from what I've seen/heard Was pushing my elderly neighbours tiguan out last week in snow and only front wheels ever turned.

Our agronomist had a amorak and part of reason he got rid of it was how poor it was off road.

Do we need pickups? 15 years ago most farmers had daihatsu fourtraks and isuzu troopers. Before that Subaru pickups.

How many farmers need a 30k pickup/posing machine?

I've a 13 year old fiesta van. Cost £1200

He must have a 2wd Tiguan , we have one and it’s very good in snow and mud , tyres let it down in mud

 

[Chae1]

He must have a 2wd Tiguan , we have one and it’s very good in snow and mud , tyres let it down in mud

Perhaps. Maybe they bought the 4motion badge on Ebay to pimp it up.

Was a lady driving it. Might have been problem!

 

[warksfarmer]

What sort of money? Pm me if you like

Will do when I get it off the lease company. Might be 3-4 weeks though.

 

[warksfarmer]

Gotta be worth £30k that

Hmm not sure. I’d be surprised if it’s more judging on what a brand spanker can be got for when you actually offer to pay there and then.

 

[Robt]

Hmm not sure. I’d be surprised if it’s more judging on what a brand spanker can be got for when you actually offer to pay there and then.

I'm quite surprised you found any new stock!

 

[warksfarmer]

I'm quite surprised you found any new stock!

Over the last few days I’ve found 15. Lost out on a couple so they are selling quickly though. £37k ish + vat will get you one. They are down to the more spurious colours though.

 

[ricky_rascal]

Hmm not sure. I’d be surprised if it’s more judging on what a brand spanker can be got for when you actually offer to pay there and then.

Have a look on Autotrader and it’ll give you an idea what’s being asked for second hand ones.

I’ll admit to having a look myself at second hand Amorak’s on AutoTrader and although I quite like them I’m not 100% convinced. That said there are plenty of Aussie YouTube vids that rate the Amarok well for towing but then not so much its off road abilities. Why that should bother me I don’t know as there is begger all outback around here in Yorkshire - though I did go to Huddersfield once

I had a naff-arra for a month and then sold it because it was absolutely abysmal. I then got a barbarian. Kept the barbarian but also treated myself to a raptor last year.

The raptor has spent more time at the dealership getting repairs than it has with me. (Its in dealership now).

Me and my barbarian however have a sub / dom relationship. I kick it in the balls and it says thank you and begs me for more!

At the risk of being beaten to a jelly by Drillman - the Rapter is a Ford

I quite like Rangers (pickup not football team!) but the talk of oil pumps failing at an inconvenient time like when the engines running scares me somewhat.

I quite like Hilux’s - apart from seat feels low after sitting in d-max.

I don’t even know why I’m even looking at new pickups - if indeed I really am? My D-Max has never missed a beat. Three year old and apart from service and me smashing door mirror off and bending door, has never had to go back to the dealers. Doesn’t fill the sump with diesel and quite happily pull trailer full of cattle all day. It has a Steinbauer box fitted which makes it pull like a train though maybe not a VW train! Downside - traction control is rubbish, doesn’t have a diff lock. Has cruise control, set it at 70 on motorway and will quite happily run up the back of vehicle in front, no lane departure and no blind spot monitoring, lights don’t turn themselves on and off and auto mode on electric windows only works on drivers door. Soon as you put the key in it beeps and beeps and beeps if engine isn’t running - I know the sodding key is in as I just put it there. Maybe because it hasn’t all these bells and whistles it doesn’t go wrong

Don’t know if anyone watched The Long Way Up with Charlie Borman and Ewan McGregor driving up from the southern tip of Argentina to Los Angeles on electric moto bikes. It is on Apple TV. Their backup vehicle for quite a way of the trip was a Rivian pickup. Electric Rivian pickups are coming along though a lot of the trip was spent trying to get charged. Charging stations had been set up along the route but there were still times when they struggled to charge on local power supplies. The Rivian had to have an emergency charge at one point by being towed for a distance to get some charge back into battery.

I once mentioned electric pickups to Tony at York Vans and he thought hydrogen may be more likely.

 

[warksfarmer]

Have a look on Autotrader and it’ll give you an idea what’s being asked for second hand ones.

I’ll admit to having a look myself at second hand Amorak’s on AutoTrader and although I quite like them I’m not 100% convinced. That said there are plenty of Aussie YouTube vids that rate the Amarok well for towing but then not so much its off road abilities. Why that should bother me I don’t know as there is begger all outback around here in Yorkshire - though I did go to Huddersfield once




At the risk of being beaten to a jelly by Drillman - the Rapter is a Ford

I quite like Rangers (pickup not football team!) but the talk of oil pumps failing at an inconvenient time like when the engines running scares me somewhat.

I quite like Hilux’s - apart from seat feels low after sitting in d-max.

I don’t even know why I’m even looking at new pickups - if indeed I really am? My D-Max has never missed a beat. Three year old and apart from service and me smashing door mirror off and bending door, has never had to go back to the dealers. Doesn’t fill the sump with diesel and quite happily pull trailer full of cattle all day. It has a Steinbauer box fitted which makes it pull like a train though maybe not a VW train! Downside - traction control is rubbish, doesn’t have a diff lock. Has cruise control, set it at 70 on motorway and will quite happily run up the back of vehicle in front, no lane departure and no blind spot monitoring, lights don’t turn themselves on and off and auto mode on electric windows only works on drivers door. Soon as you put the key in it beeps and beeps and beeps if engine isn’t running - I know the sodding key is in as I just put it there. Maybe because it hasn’t all these bells and whistles it doesn’t go wrong

Don’t know if anyone watched The Long Way Up with Charlie Borman and Ewan McGregor driving up from the southern tip of Argentina to Los Angeles on electric moto bikes. It is on Apple TV. Their backup vehicle for quite a way of the trip was a Rivian pickup. Electric Rivian pickups are coming along though a lot of the trip was spent trying to get charged. Charging stations had been set up along the route but there were still times when they struggled to charge on local power supplies. The Rivian had to have an emergency charge at one point by being towed for a distance to get some charge back into battery.

I once mentioned electric pickups to Tony at York Vans and he thought hydrogen may be more likely.

Well I’m on my third one now and I don’t think you can beat them. We’ve had an L200, 2 x D40 Navara and 1 x current Navara. Just had a new 10 speed Ranger in early January as well which isn’t a bad truck. Also had a 6 month hire on a Hilux. So we’ve had a few but the Amarok is light years ahead. It tows the best by a long way although the Ranger is a close second towing. None of them are as comfortable though and none are as good on fuel. So far the Ranger on fuel is quite shocking to be honest 22mpg but it’s got to bed in yet. V6 Amarok on long journeys driving within the speed limit will do upto 44mpg. My current one on local short journeys of no more than 6-10 miles will do 28-30mpg.
The downside to the Amarok is the tyre wear is high compared to others.
My first one (2.0l version) was faultless but this one has had a few issues.
That said for me, it’s the best commercial truck on the market. New hilux looks nice but drives like a 10 year old one. The engine is so underpowered is actually embarrassing and they’ve not changed the seating position which I don’t like. I looked and tried a disco commercial but the lack of seats and the stupid price put me off, but it is the nicest to drive.