Nissan/Toyota and french engines..

[kurt535]

- have been surprised how many cars, inc merc, the french engines are showing up in. for the life of me i'd never buy any jap car carrying one. obviously its reducing costs etc, but every mechanic ive spoken to at franchised dealers reckon they are problematic , especially the electrics. will this trend of using such engines/electrics continued you think??

[kurt535]

sad to hear.

It seems Toyota have pulled a similar trick with their Proace. i ducked into the service bay to talk to a technician who warned me of the problems they have been having with the Renault engine. He told me to try and find a Hiace and run it into the ground - after 200k miles !!

[kurt535]

Fast Bug said:

You mean the Proace that Toyota buy from PSA and stick a Toyota badge on? There's no trick there, it's not a Toyota product!

nasty.........sharnt be buying

[kurt535]

GrumpyTwig said:

kurt535 said:

- have been surprised how many cars, inc merc, the french engines are showing up in. for the life of me i'd never buy any jap car carrying one. obviously its reducing costs etc, but every mechanic ive spoken to at franchised dealers reckon they are problematic , especially the electrics. will this trend of using such engines/electrics continued you think??

Dated and archaic views, the electrics are often a variety of bosch, continental etc. systems and just as reliable as any other marque.

Of all the problems I've had with french cars (3 so far) none have been electrical.

I can only re-quote what the techies at the coal face say which is, french built engines have had muchos electrical gremlins so don't touch one!

[kurt535]

I had a cursory look online last night and came to same conclusion don't touch a Jap van with French stuff in it! And by that I don't mean baguettes! My money won't be going into one.