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It's always going to be personal preference, but I got one last year and wondered why I didnt do it a couple of years earlier.

Plenty of plus for the others utes on the market also, so as I said person preference.

Smudge take a drive to Manukau mitsi you maybe surprised with the deal you may get. Bloke at work brought one last week and he is over the moon,went to buy the 2018?? run out and got a better deal on the 2019 as none of the 2018 available for 2 months.

RNZAF at Whenuapai use Tritons

The new 2019 face lift looks a lot tougher.

Thanks guys.  Cosmo, I started off wanting the Isuzu. Very much a workhorse and would be my second choice which is odd because to me they are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Quite truck like but the Triton may just make my wife a little happier(smart eh?). We bought a Mitsubishi Lancer 3 or 4 years ago and it just gets used for everyone in my household and it has been the most reliable car clocking up around 300k's so she likes Mitsubishi's. With her onside it makes the process much easier 

While I know that a lot of the "non-mainstream" brands have come a long long way in the last 5 years or so, buying one is still absolute resale-value-suicide if that's a factor for you. There is no trust in those brands among kiwis generally, it will be another decade of decent vehicles before people in the used vehicle market start to trust them.

Ahh yes resale, that will explain why Ssangyong  dealers areoffering a "Brand Spanking Used" vehicle option similar to the Signature program that Toyota was running here.  

The old man has just bought one. Early days but I'm impressed so far. They've definitely sorted out the styling since some of the older models which just looked awful.

Many of the non main stream brads did not use mainstream compentets...resulting in them going or damn near going bust..

Then they went mainstream...and althu there is still some who live in the past.. not 5yrs but more the 9 to 15yrs (lot happened in that time..) still go the old mentality..

And yeah resale is an issue... IF you are a person with deep pockets and can afford to trade up every couple yrs and/ or just before the 100K km mark.
 These vehicles over the last decade , now the run main stream European components, are now hitting consistently over the 300,000 kms mark...
And unlike older mainstream models , dont need expensive fuel pump upgrades.

If you are buying simply for private use, towing the boat, going to work shopping etc, you will most likely be keeping well into the 200K km mark...
And if over 50/55 yr, it will most likely last you as your last  new vechilce for the next 15/ 20yrs plus
 Even if it not your last, is re sale really an issue over that length of time?

Also crunch the numbers another way..
you spend $65 or $75 plus on a model that holds a higher resale price, you are still going to drop a good $20/30K plus in 5yrs

Spend say $40/ $45K on a new non mainstream.. that includes nudge bars, steps, canopy,stone deflector, monsoons etc...you are still going to drop (and most likely less) in real dollar value..

There is a very big difference between perception and actual here in more ways than one.

We did the open minded exercise from day one, over a period of around 9 to 12 months, only make the final call when the money from the camaro and vintage cars was in the bank.

Even then came down to comfort of ride.
 OH kept the big horn...and that actually rides a little softer, nice on a trip..will pull a bigger weight (officially) but real crap pulling the weight up a hill on the road...with unloaded economy similar, till start to tow.

they are talking about the overhang over in T/M for towing and making it a bugger of a ute for towing due to the overhang from the rear wheels to the towball