Ranger vs SXT-550

[Nic85]

From the other thread...

Originally Posted by aquahead2001

I can see the only way to solve this is by brutal means.... Lets have a tug of war!!!!!

Unfortunately, the Nissan looses this straight off, doesn't have the towing capacity to tow a fully loaded Ranger.... Ranger - 2,200kgs plus 1,000kgs of load = 3,200kgs. Navara only has 3,000kgs capability.... Ranger on the other hand has 3,350kgs towing capacity and the combined weight of the Navara of 1,920kgs and a load of 910kgs for 2,830kgs means it can do it easily.

Just because a car is quoted to tow a certain figure, certainly doesn't mean it should. I mean, by this train of thought, a Volkswagen Amarok with a 2L diesel with 420Nm that has 3.2 tonne towing capacity could out tow the Navara too? Unlikely at the very least. Not to mention the traction problem with Ford will also have.

Here is the V9X dyno graph...



The kW are slightly higher as it was a concept dyno for the original engine to go in the Renault Laguna, but the torque curve is the same.

As you can see, it makes 470Nm between 1200-4000rpm.