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  1. 4th September 2010, 09:58 PM #1
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    How brand loyal are you?

    So the question goes if we had available here the derviative manufacturers products such as the Iveco Massiff, Sanatana PS-10 and Morattab Pazhan with good dollar savings compared to defender would you jump ship. Here base 110 $48k..give or take...Morattab price from Lr-mad site...110 dual cab.....for US$20k....or AUD$21k.....ummm...thats alot for the coin

    Are they considered "Land Rovers". Ok we know they are technically not LR, just derived from them and it is not exactly a oranges with oranges thing....leaves etc... Personally looking at the Morattab site I think i would give them a go....I think they still embody the spirit to a degree...

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    Much better engine in the Massif than the current 110/130 one IMO, it's a real truck engine pinched out of the Daily.

    Not sure on the rest of the driveline as i don't know what Santana (who assemble it for Fiat/Iveco) use these days but yeah, I'd look at one if I was in the market for a new 4x4, the 110/130 has gone backwards for a work truck in so many areas since the eighties.
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    i wouldspecially being young where every dollar counts alot
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    if you could buy one here in Australia for AU21k I'd be selling my daily driver to get one. So sure I'd buy one the iveco because of the engine.

    Its hard to get anything bigger than a Getz for 20k !

    *edit* they have a pig ugly front end though
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    But would their factory quality control be up there with Land Rover?
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    I'm loyal to good service providers and companies who value their customers, so yeah.. I'd definately be interested in a alternative.
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    I definitely would.....I bought a defer over cruiser simply cause I needed a dual cab but wanted live axels etc like the 70 series.... My only option was/is 130 twin cab defender. Problem with defers is there premium price tag and hit and miss quality. In saying that other manufacturers are having issues, you want Thai built Toyota hilux for same money as the rover ?

    The defer really needs the tdv6 or 8, stronger driveline more regional support and they'd out sell toyota 10 to 1 IMHO.

    The good points of the defer is out of the box you don't need lift or Tyres etc, there ready for outback as is.
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    not very, I'll go (and my dollars tend to follow) to wherever the best gear for the job for the availalbe funds is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ugu80 View Post
    But would their factory quality control be up there with Land Rover?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rick130 View Post
    Much better engine in the Massif than the current 110/130 one IMO, it's a real truck engine pinched out of the Daily.

    Not sure on the rest of the driveline as i don't know what Santana (who assemble it for Fiat/Iveco) use these days but yeah, I'd look at one if I was in the market for a new 4x4, the 110/130 has gone backwards for a work truck in so many areas since the eighties.
    I looked under a new one in france a couple of years ago. The rear axle is much bigger than the one in the Puny (and hypoid) - looked similar to an H260 in size. Front is rover size.

    I think the build quality would be better than the Puny.

    The only thing I don't like about the iveco/santana is it still has leafs...
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