Transporter reliability compared to other brands.

[Tornado T5]

It’s not out of whack, in Europe the big vans are are big business and the Toyota just doesn’t cut in. Just look at even the biggest Hiace any Hiace indeed, its very short front means no safety for driver, it’s design is from 80’s, ride comfort is not existent, their diesel engines are still very behind European ones.
Didn’t just Toyota updated the Hiace? ....and yes, they’re still so in the 90’s with their V6 3,5L petrol engine in it and the body design. I’m sure it will do the wanders for the fleet operators.

Toyota doesn't sell the Hiace in Europe and hasn't for a long time and probably won't sell the all-new Hiace just released here.

It sells a JV of the Citroen/Puegot and call it the Proace. I can't remember any Toyota in the large van Sprinter/Crafter/Transit class size in Europe.

PS. Is this a UK-only fleet leesor survey or all of Europe?

[LogicprObe]

I don't see how transporter and the smaller vans even come into a 'Large' van survey.

[Transporter]

I don't see how transporter and the smaller vans even come into a 'Large' van survey.

It’s Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) and not “Large”.

[LogicprObe]

It’s Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) and not “Large”.

Well, there you go!
Cheers!

[Ozsko]

I think Transporter means Hi ACE , but from recent media reports Japanese vans will be almost non existant in the Euro market due to emmission problems . I had an early Hi Ace way back longer than I can remember driving was like sitting with your legs in a guillotine waiting for an accident , there was no forward safety from the chassis upwards so your legs would be buggered in a collision [I fitted a bull bar to mine out of concern ] The later ones were terible around roundabouts or over speed bumps , unloaded they would lift a rear wheel off the ground or over bunps just lift off the ground completly . Mechanically they were pretty good but that was it .

When I was in the fire brigade we had a special technique with Japanese vans in a front end smash, cut the top of the A pillars and the bottom as well IIRC and fold the whole front of it forward to release any trapped persons. I drove a lot of forward control trucks and it was always impressed on us that if we could to lift out legs as high as possible to avoid being trapped in a front ender.