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Originally Posted by Schone23666
True. Toyotas seems to be the most popular choice for a Technical conversion. Wonder why?
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My guess would be price and reliability. Here in Australia Toyotas have a reputation for being very mechanically reliable. Because of the huge numbers of them that are manufactured they are also very cost-effective for aid groups to buy in bulk, and I suspect aid groups is probably where many third world militias source their vehicles.
If there are large numbers of Toyota utility vehicles available and individually they tend to keep going and going with little and/or poor maintenance, it would make sense that they end up being the dominant technical vehicle. They keep going and going and when they finally die they get cannabilised for parts for the remaining vehicles.