Comments by "Adrian McLean" (@adrianmclean9195) on "American Finds The WEIRDEST Cars for Sale in Australia..." video.

  1. Although built here by Ford, on the then current Mazda 323 platform, it was designed outwardly by one of the famous Italian Design Studios.
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  2. This was being done with the new Land cruiser, due to availability problems and demand and huge price.
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  3. Yep, and the x2 door petrol turbo is stunning - why did Citroen go backwards on the next generation. Back now to being good again.
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  4. A Subaru Liberty and Outback, are the same thing. The outback is simply a raised version with wheel arch covers, etc and other things. The Forester is smaller, but only sold here as a crossover - not an SUV. Crossover being the term used to describe an already existing wagon, converted for the market into an AWD/4WD raised semi capable car. I think the Forester is it's own thing. Very common in Australia and very common in our Alpine areas. Snowy Hydro have them on fleet. You can see them out the front of each Snow designed snowy Hydro houses in Cabramurra in the NSW Snowies - Australia's highest town. Volvo V 70 XC, Holden Adventra, Outback, Volvo V90 XC, a last SAAB one, ZB Calais Tourer, Skoda Octavia Scout ?, Audi RSV6 wagons of old, etc. In Australia , the Forester was competing with a new class that it help to found. Original Honda CR-V, Toyota Tercel and later RAV 4, Honda Civic Shuttle AWD, Mitsubishi Pajero iO, Susuki Vitara and the Alfa Romeo 33 Monte Carlo.
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  5. Subaru was not allowed to call the Legacy, that name in Australia, due to a very important, respectful wartime org. called Legacy House, that still to this day, assists war veterans and their families. So for Australia only, it is called Liberty. Still have Outback
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  6. I think it's actually a "poly bar" from S.A.
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  7. You can see some of the original LDV vans of the UK, on Hubnut channel, on one of his car meets in England. Unfortunately the Chinese have bought the name after their demise and the same with MG. Both, nothing like the original makes.
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  8. VW underneath, practical and a lot less than a 5 series BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Lord knows where the state governments are getting the money from to buy these cars - as they are obviously way more than our old Commodores and Falcons. !?
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  9.  @IWrocker  This is the New 300 series land cruiser. There are x3 land cruisers. The original, which today is known as the 70 series, that you did a video on. Simple but effective. Your commentators, however, did point out it's flaws. It is very expensive and probably overpriced but has the best resale. And will last . I think they were first used here in Australia on the world's biggest engineering project at the time, called the: Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric scheme. A series of many man made dams, lakes, power stations and pumps throughout the NSW Snowy Mountains area. Some of the tunnels connecting them are actually above ground and look spectacular - big enough to drive a double decker bus through. One power station is underground with bus tours down into it. Snowy Hydro 2, is currently underway, but with major problems. Big Horizontal Drilling Machine, had the ground above it collapse on it. The original Nissan Patrol was probably also on that project, along with the original Land Rover. This is how they became so popular in Australia. The second Land cruiser is the everyday family wagon - the 300 series. Like the comment I replied to, my brother needed to replace his 200 series land cruiser with over 200,000 to 300,000 kms on it. Still looked and felt new. His second one. Bought from new and privately owned. Has the 4.5 litre, inline petrol six. Uses it to tow his speed boat, with 350 chev inboard on it, on rivers and lakes around Sydney, and even once on the harbour and out to the heads, onto the Pacific Ocean. Only on a very calm day - lol There is a Lexus version of this model and also of the Prado - the other, Land cruiser, which is the youngest of the three, a bit smaller than the land cruiser 300 and a new model is coming soon. Many who have the 300 size, have had to go down to the Prado, because of cost. Australia, despite it's small population, is the biggest market in the world for them. Due to our favourable export dollar and experience and skill, I don't know why they don't make them here. !!?? They are everywhere, once you get into that 85% of Australia that is regarded as arid and for mining and dealership network. They say, that if you want to go outback, with a Toyota or a Landrover, you can, but if you want to come back, take the Toyota. Lol 😂 We have had the F150 for many decades in various forms. Probably made here. They were our police paddy wagons and ambulances and tow trucks etc. For a long time. Not now. We did get the Bronco. In it's awesome colors. Still some around. Now the F150 has returned to dealers. Starting to see them around. As an American, your eyes would water, at the price we pay. Even taking into account, exchange rate and higher income etc. Yet, there is still many to see, particularly the RAM. It alone, has to have $20,000 dollars, put into it, just to convert it to right hand drive - which is done in QLD. They are everywhere. This is why Chrysler has left, with only RAM and Jeep left. There is no equivalent 300 SRT, police cars, when they finally retire them. But, anyhow - my brother couldn't afford the new land cruiser and the Prado was too small . Plus because of demand, COVID-19 and the Ad blue supply and the micro chip supply ( Taiwan !? ) and year long wait, he had to buy the Nissan Patrol. Available and cheaper. Has the 5.6 litre petrol V8. Knows it will cost fuel . His 25 year old + Land Cruiser GXL 40th Anniversary Limited Edition, was suddenly very valuable. So a good deal. He too, could have, after picking up his Patrol, sold it immediately for a very good profit. But he likes it . Current comparisons between the land cruiser and patrol show that, despite the patrol being older, it is still competitive and better at towing. The next patrol should be very good . May have the option of a PHEV Range Extender Nissan engine. You may want to look at an older Patrol version with the big 4.8 litre petrol straight six, sold here. Was the biggest 6 in Australia at the time. Very popular and looks great. Chunky. Better rear differential system to the land cruiser. Still everywhere here. Wasteland Firebird had you on his channel and you both seem to have the same interest in Aussie cars. His videos are epic.
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