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Ell&Mick


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We fianlly decided on our new car, after many visits to car yards and test drives we have ordered a Mazda BT50. With all the optional extras we still come under budget and the salesman was not at all pushy!
Now we just have to wait till April/May for delivery biggrin I am very excited and can't wait to get behind the wheel aww

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Ellen

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Best wishes for your new purchase. Looks like it would be a very useful tow vehicle

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Jim

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We have new BT50 too and find it a great vehicle at a very reasonable price. Will be interested to see what you think of it's performance.

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Why not Ford Ranger .Same Car different badge.

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what are both there towing capabilities? are these the full 4x4s ?

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Ell&Mick


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milo wrote:

what are both there towing capa
bilities? are these the full 4x4s ?


With ours it is a 3 litre with towing capacity of 2.5t as it is an auto.
Yes it is a full 4x4 (well as far as I know I am nota car buff) biggrin

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Ell

 



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If ity is the same as ours, here are the details"

Engine
3.0 litre in-line 4 cylinder 16 valve DOHC intercooled turbo diesel

Max power
115kW @ 3,200 rpm

Max torque
380 Nm @ 1,800 rpm

Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel consumption
9.2 litres per 100 km (manual)

10.4 litres per 100 km (auto)

Drive
Four-wheel drive
Transmission
5-speed manual

5-speed automatic (Freestyle Cab Utility SDX, Dual Cab Utility DX and Dual Cab Utility SDX only)
Key features


Audio system with: AM/FM tuner, auxiliary input (3.5mm MP3 player compatible) and CD player (MP3 compatible)

Airbags SRS: front (driver and passenger)

Limited Slip Differential (LSD)

Towing capacity (braked): 3,000kg (Single Cab, Freestyle Cab and Dual Cab man) or 2,500kg (Freestyle Cab and Dual Cab auto)


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The Gnome wrote:

Why not Ford Ranger .Same Car different badge.


Hi Gnome, The wait will be about the same time frame, Local Ford dealer has 19 on back order same factory not enough vehicles to go around.  Daryl

 



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Ell&Mick


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Fantastic Caron,
what colour is yours? We have ordered the Gloaming Silver.Ours is dual cab auto diesel.

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Ell


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ours is boring old white ha ha
we were impatient and didn't want to wait for one to be ordered for us so bought off the lot.
Oh well it matches our new caravan.

Can't wait to get out and give it a test with the van soon.

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G'day. white is the only colour to have if traveling in aircon area. helps keep your cool so the aircon unit is not working its guts out. love other colours to look at though.
Cheers jack

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The Gnome wrote:

Why not Ford Ranger .Same Car different badge.



Why would I buy a FORD when I can get a Mazda???



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