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Dec 14^th, 2010 at 4:52pm

Five years ago, I acquired a Taxi Licence to operate a "People Mover" Cab in Queensland. It was a condition of the Licence that the Vehicle had to have a seating capacity of at least Driver plus six.

I looked at all the available offerings. The Toyota Torago, the Mazda MPV, the Mitsubishi Grandis, the Kia Carnival, the Hyundai Traje, the Mercedes Vito, the Honda Odyssey , the Chrysler Voyager and probably I have forgotten others. The point is....I tested them all.

I selected the Ssangyong Stavic. It was $15,000.00 cheaper than the Torago, and beat all the others, and the Torago in many ways.

The Stavic has a Mercedes five cylinder turbo diesel engine, all the running gear is Mercedes. It is made in Korea by a Chinese Mega Corporate. To get to the rear seats, you access a little 'hallway, and you do not have to clamber over the middle row of seats. It has respectable boot space, and it cost me $35,000.00 on road. I can still buy one for the same price.

It has now done 809,000 klms, and I replaced the transmission at 770,000 klms with a used one from a wreck.

Ugly thing to look at, but it has proven itself, do you think?

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41024 Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #1 - Dec 14^th, 2010 at 7:47pm ugly - yes proven itself , certainly. VERY good idea to get a merc diesel for a cab. Would be about perfect I'ld think.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39386 Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2010 at 8:55pm 814,000 klms and surging!
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skippy. Gold Member Offline Posts: 20882 Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #3 - Dec 31^st, 2010 at 3:57pm Isn't it expensive to run on diesel rather than lpg Aussie? Does it still have the original motor after the 800 thousand kms?
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #4 - Dec 31^st, 2010 at 3:59pm If ssangyong wanna be players, they need to hire a new guy to name the cars. Stavic Rexton Musso Kyron All crap names, and when cars are all much of a muchness, the name is a major selling point.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39386 Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #5 - Dec 31^st, 2010 at 4:48pm skippy. wrote on Dec 31^st, 2010 at 3:57pm: Isn't it expensive to run on diesel rather than lpg Aussie? Does it still have the original motor after the 800 thousand kms? Yes, original motor. Last week, we drove 3941 klms and used 447 litres of diesel. Not as economical as LPG but far, far more reliable.
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DILLIGAF Gold Member Offline Posts: 1259 The greens are red Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #6 - Feb 5^th, 2011 at 8:56am How well do you trust the integrity of the body?
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39386 Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #7 - Feb 5^th, 2011 at 5:07pm What do you mean by 'body?'
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DILLIGAF Gold Member Offline Posts: 1259 The greens are red Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #8 - Feb 5^th, 2011 at 5:37pm Aussie wrote on Feb 5^th, 2011 at 5:07pm: What do you mean by 'body?' The body of the vehicle. Or does it have an actual chassis?
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39386 Gender:	Re: Ssang Yong Stavic Reply #9 - Feb 5^th, 2011 at 5:59pm Oi, I am no mechanic! But, doing my best, yes it has a chassis. There is both a front and rear plate onto which everything seems to be fixed.....I think. Why do you ask?
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