Pete's Write

This has to be one of the most anticipated cars for 2025. Originally slated for a late 2024 release, it has been pushed back and details are still scant, but some pictures and photos have emerged speculating on its size and shape. All very exciting, and it is more than a scaled down Land Cruiser. It promises to bring the retro look, the capabilities and the Toyota reliability reputation to a more managable size and introduce this series to a new buyer pool. ""This suggests that the LandCruiser FJ will use the same Toyota iMV ladder-frame underpinnings as the Champ, albeit with a four-wheel-drive transfer case as opposed to the Champ’s rear-drive platform. With a wheelbase of between 2745mm and 2750mm (depending on application) the Toyota platform is longer than the new five-door Suzuki Jimny XL at 2590mm." So as we await more info on this, I've been doing a lot of viewing of the videos and whilst most are largely AI generated, some shed a tad of truth. But why so lit...

I've been reading this with some interest.. I didn't comment too much earlier but just to share.. I've been in the border area before where people go from China into Myanmar and then Thailand... a few times in fact I was in that border area between Burma and Yunnan doing social work, up to the mid 2010s, so it was before the scam and online stuff came to that place. There is a mountain range that separate the two countries and  it's a cowboy town with drugs, girls and more. The hotel we stayed in was used for 'business' too and we saw holes in the padi fields, so I asked the locals what were these holes and they said these are howitzer cannon holes from shots that overshot the border when the Burmese were persecuting their rebels or the 'little blacks' as the minority tribes are called. It was a poor area, and these were the means of survival, and the cops weren't really too keen to lay down the law. You could easily cross...

The recent news of the merger of Nissan and Honda is a landmark in the car industry. We may be looking at the sunset of two large companies and they may go where Leyland, and many Brit car companies have gone, into the cemetary of cars. Right now, the car landscape is being altered with the full fledged introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) and the Chinese know what their customers want. Yes, whilst a few customers want good track behaviour and value some road handling capabilities, the majority of users want an affordable automobile and something that is packed with features that are no longer considered optional or a bonus. The old concept where Jap makers turn to Thailand to produce cars for Asia that are a couple of generations old, devoid of modern features and look a decade out of date out of the gate is no longer acceptable to the buying public. Whether they want an EV is actually secondary. The Chinese cars give them most of what they want, features, instant torque and very e...