TOYOTA LAND CRUISER COLORADO (1996-2003)丰田越野科罗拉多(1996-2003)
The Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado?s main rival, the Land Rover Discovery, has led a star-crossed existence.丰田越野科罗拉多?收盘主要对手,越野发现,导致星光越过存在. Initial poor reliability was cracked, only for the improved model to run head on into the challenge of the big Toyota.初次被查获可靠性差、只为改善经营模式,头部为丰田大挑战. Guess which came off worst?猜出刊最差? The Colorado aimed to better the Discovery in off road ability, reliability and perceived quality and succeeded on all three counts.为了更好地发掘科罗拉多在越野能力质量与可靠性成功地洞察所有三项罪名. Despite this, the Colorado never managed to trump the Discovery in terms of British sales.尽管如此,科罗拉多终未能发现杀手在英国销售. Perhaps buyers were unaware of the Colorado?s qualities.也许买家不了解科罗拉多?收盘素质. As smaller brother to the Land Cruiser Amazon, public perception of the Colorado is as a ?lifestyle?作为小哥哥的越野亚马逊,公众对科罗拉多是作为?生活方式? accessory.从犯. This sells the Colorado short.这个卖科罗拉多短. In five-door guise it can seat eight and has a genuinely imposing presence.五门八座位也可以借助一个真正设定存在. It?s certainly large, but not impossibly so.?收盘当然大,但并非不可能. With Toyota?s reputation for reliability and after sales service, the Colorado should have been better received.与丰田?收盘可靠性和售后服务信誉,更好科罗拉多应该已经收到. As a used buy it definitely merits closer inspection.作为用来购买一定值得深入考察.
HISTORY历史
The Colorado?s forebear was the unlovely and unlamented 4-Runner.科罗拉多?收盘世祖是unlovely和惋惜4-转轮. Toyota?s flawless track record for producing appealing off road vehicles took a bit of a battering with the 4-Runner, its marketing savvy brought into question.丰田?收盘纪录产生吸引力完美无缺越野车乘一小段的殴打与4-转轮,营销技巧质疑. In 1996, the launch of the Land Cruiser Colorado was their answer to critics who thought the Japanese giant had lost its way.1996年科罗拉多州发射的越野回答批评者以为自己是日本人巨人已经迷失. Toyota?s engineers had concentrated not on generating meaningless 0-60 statistics, but on aspects which would give ?real-world?丰田?收盘工程师不集中无意义0~60月发电统计,但它会给方面?现实世界? benefits.福利. Aspects such as the torque available to crawl up steep slopes, the capacity to turn the eight seats into a double bed and so on.扭矩等方面向陡坡爬起来,容量将成为双八位床上等等.
It is just these benefits that endow the Colorado with such massive kudos amongst those who know their off-road vehicles.正是这些好处,这种大规模的名声科罗拉多84其中那些敲出越野车. Like its Nissan counterpart, the Patrol, the Landcruiser has never sold on its ability to impress at Harvey Nicks.像尼桑一样巡逻,从未出售landcruiser能力在各科情怀末端. It?s badge may not carry much weight in high street beauty parades, but ask any outback rancher what brand he?d choose the answer is always the same.?收盘徽章未必具有重量级高美容街游行,但问他有什么牌子仙境主人吗?四选择答案都是一样. "A Cruiser, mate.""巡洋舰搭档"
The Land Cruiser Colorado range was facelifted in 1999 with a redesigned front grille, bumper and headlamps.科罗拉多山脉的越野与改装1999facelifted战线门锁、保险杠、大灯. A new FX model was added to the range and standard trim levels were improved.新盘交易模式,增加幅度修剪层次和水平得到改善. Air conditioning and anti-lock brakes were offered on all models and the interiors received a sprucing.空调、防锁煞车80707所有型号的腹地接到震灾.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
Only the best real world 4x4 bar none.唯一真正的世界最佳四轮驱动杆无. If you intend to use a 4x4 to its design limits, none will be as hardy as a Land Cruiser.如果你打算用它4-4设计范围内,不会因为哈作为越野. Despite its somewhat glitzy looking front-end treatment, the Colorado is a tough cookie.尽管它看上去有点看前端治疗,是一个严峻的科罗拉多饼干. The best efforts of Solihull pale by comparison.solihull了最大努力相形见绌. Yes, the Colorado has the beating of Land Rover.不错,有科罗拉多殴打越野. Jeep Cherokee, Mitsubishi Shogun, Nissan Patrol, Mercedes M-class; bring them all on.切诺基吉普车,三菱丰臣秀吉、尼桑巡逻,梅赛德斯的M级;把他们所有. The Land Cruiser will see them all off.他们都将看到的越野客.
The model range sees nine versions spread across three trim levels ?示范版本流传范围看九级浪3? FX (replacing the previous EX), GX and VX - and two different body styles - three and five-doors.盘(取代先前恩),gx和VX、两种不同风格的机构--三、五门. A better specified GX three-door range-starter replaces the previous three-door EX entry-level model.更指明gx3门射程起动器取代了以前的三门口前职示范.
GX and VX models have extended wheel arches, bigger bumpers and side cladding, with three spoke alloy wheels.gx和VX机型延长车轮拱门、保险杠、方大熔,以三合金车轮. The base model five door is the FX, identified by six spoke alloy wheels with narrower tyres.示范基地的大门是五盘,以六合金轮子以确定较窄的轮胎. FX models feature a Sony radio cassette system as standard whilst the GX and VX models get an upmarket Sony item with ten-disc CD autochanger.索尼无线电模型展出盘盒带制度和标准,而gx的VX型号拿到索尼高档项目10-autochanger影音光碟.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
Entry to the Colorado club starts at £7,000 for a 1996 N registered turbodiesel GS five-seater three-door.进入科罗拉多为7000英镑,俱乐部在1996年开始注册turbodiesel氮一般5座3门. A similar vintage GX will retail for £800 more.类似古董gx将零售为800多英镑. The eight-seater models start at £8,700 for a 1996 N plated 3.0 GX TD.八个座位的型号为8700英镑,1996年开始氮镀3.0gx运输署. The big daddy of the range is the Colorado 3.4 VX V6 eight-seater five-door estate auto.大范围的爸爸是4月3日科罗拉多的VXV6导八个座位五门汽车产业. Huge car, huge name, and the prices for one of these start at a not inconsequential £8,700 for a 1996 car.庞大的汽车,庞大的名义其中,价格在一桩桩开始为8700英镑1996车.
A limited edition 3.0 TD K2 was launched in June 1998.运输署K2组3.0限量推出1998年6月. Only 100 were available with used values similar to a 3.0 TD VX.只有100人可使用同一个价值观相近的VX3.0运输署. Therefore, expect to pay £15,000 if you can find one.因此,期望支付15000英镑,如果你能找到一个. Insurance on these models range from Group 14 for the turbodiesel models to Group 15 for the petrol engined 3.4 VX.这些模型从保险集团的14组15台turbodiesel型号的汽油引擎的VX四月三日.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
You probably won?t be expecting to hear that the Land Cruiser has a reputation for mechanical fragility.你可能获胜?笔会期待听到有声誉的越野机械脆弱. Sure enough, it doesn?t.果然,不惜?汤匙 Colorados carry forward Toyota?s reputation for reliability and excellent after-sales service.科罗拉多发扬丰田?收盘声誉良好的可靠性和售后服务. As with any serious 4x4, check the underbody, suspension, steering and exhaust for signs of abuse, and listen for protesting differential units.正如任何严肃4-4,遏制底部,暂停,转向迹象排气虐待为抗议差别,听听单位. Buying a Colorado for the school run is akin to using a wrecking ball to smash a nut, but where cars have been exposed to that dreaded combination of toddlers and Ribena, inspect upholstery for rips, stains or other nasties.对学校来说,买科罗拉多俨如使用破坏球粉碎硬壳,但车已经暴露,可怕的结合和利宾纳学步,检查座垫为核糖,痣或其他nasties. Other than this, check for its service history and buy with confidence.除此之外,检查服务历史和购买信心.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(Estimated prices, based on a 1998 3.4VX) Although the Land Cruiser is massively proportioned, parts prices thankfully don?t correspond.(估计价格的基础上,19983.4vx)虽然是越野大量比重,幸而鲍思零件价格?笔相符. A full exhaust system is in the region of £350 whilst brake pads will weigh in at around £50.全部排气系统则约为350英镑,而在刹车皮重量约为英镑50. An alternator is in the region of £170, as is a starter motor.一个发电机则约为170英镑,是起动马达. A headlamp unit will cost around £130.前照灯一个单位的成本约130英镑.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
There are several factors which bracket the Land Cruiser as a no-nonsense piece of equipment.有几个因素的越野托架作为不尚空谈的设备. Unlike most of the Japanese competition, the Land Cruiser Colorado?s all-wheel drive system is permanent four-wheel drive - just like a Land Rover Discovery's.不同于大多数日本人比赛科罗拉多州的越野?收盘全轮驱动系统是永久四轮驱动越野车就像一个愉. In fact, the Toyota's technical specification betters that of the Solihull product, thanks to a standard centre differential lock and the option of either a rear differential lock or a limited slip differential at the rear.其实,丰田的表现优于技术规格的solihull产品经过一个标准差锁和中心可选择后方差动锁或限滑差速器在后方.
The engines are equally impressive.引擎同样出色. The 3.0-litre turbo diesel in particular, with 123bhp on tap, has significantly more power than either a Shogun or a Discovery (90bhp or 111bhp respectively).3.0公升柴油涡轮尤其对与123bhp塔、要么权力大大超过了丰臣秀吉或是愉(或111bhp90bhp). The engines are tuned for two key criuteria.调谐引擎criuteria两个关键. First, low speed off roading torque; this engine will allow you to creep up a 45-degree slope.首先,低速扭矩过巷道;这一发动机可让你攀升了45度的斜坡. Second, pulling power between the gears; the overtaking increments where 4x4s are often so embarrassingly slow.二、齿轮之间的拉动力;那里的四轮驱动车超车递增往往慢等尴尬.
Sure enough, on the road, the turbo diesel feels far more responsive than the brochure figures would suggest, even equipped with optional automatic transmission.果然,在路上的柴油涡轮感觉远远比说明书人物更会建议择甚至配备自动变速器. In fact, it isn't that much slower than the silky-smooth 3.4-litre 24v automatic-only petrol model, which makes rest to sixty in just under twelve seconds on the way to 109mph.其实,这不是慢丝毛光滑3.4-公升-24V型自动汽油只模型使得休息12秒至60月,仅在途中109mph. This averages about 20mpg, around 5mpg less than its diesel counterpart.这个平均数约20mpg,其周围5mpg不到柴油对应.
Look around the car and there are plenty of thoughtful touches, if not the variety of storage spaces you'd find in a Discovery.环顾车多得是触及周到、如果不是多种存储空间就会找到一个新发现. The Toyota scores in every other department however; in the eight-seat five-door versions, there are three rows of seats which can all be folded together to make a double bed.丰田等数十处,但在每;在八个座位五门版本有三排座位可以全部折叠起来,使双重床上. In addition, there are front and rear power accessory sockets and some suitably leviathan cup holders.此外,还有前后电力配套插座及一些适度的庞然大物杯持有.
OVERALL 总体
A used Toyota is about as safe a proposition as it gets.丰田用了大约一个命题作为安全盘整. A used Land Cruiser, Toyota?s most bombproof product, represents a safer bet than the US Olympic basketball team.一个用于越野、丰田?收盘多数防工程的产物,是比美国更安全打赌奥运篮球队. It?s a rather sad commentary that the Land Cruiser?s honesty, lack of pretension and sheer depth of talent will turn off more customers than it attracts.?收盘颇为伤感评论说越野?收盘诚实缺乏深度虚、明目将关闭更多的人才比吸引顾客. It doesn?t have the nouveau riche appeal of a Shogun or the old money charm of a Land Rover.它没有?笔有吸引力了丰臣秀吉暴发户或旧钱一越野魅力. Bar society won?t embrace it as they would a Jeep.律师协会获胜?笔会拥抱它当作一辆吉普车. But in the end, who cares?但最后,谁在乎? When you?re this good, you can afford a certain anonymity.当你?这个好重,你一定可以匿名.
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