To steal the BBC's headline.
The thought had never crossed my mind before as to where the UN and other organizations source their vehicles from, but I found this interesting to read: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4777293.stm
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Interesting dealership.
With all the optional extras (armour plating) I might buy one - it may survive the rigors of transporting my kids about.
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I had never thought about where and how the vehicles made it to the disaster areas. It is interesting that most charities forward order their vehicles, but sudden events will always create a instant need. It just seems surprising that this enterprise is based in an area of limited land, probably there must have been a good supply of local engineers originally trained in the dockyard and army base.
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Roger
I read frequently, but only post when I have something useful to say.
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>>probably there must have been a good supply of local engineers originally trained in the dockyard and army base.
Perhaps true but I also think that someone geographically close to a lot of the troublespots, and with a port on his doorstep for receipt and dispatch, saw the commercial opportunity.
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Nice bit of PR for Toyota Gibraltar but there are several companies, including British and Danish, involved in supplying the UN and specialist relief agencies. The Gibraltar business may have good stocks at times but is by no means the cheapest or offering the range of some of the others. Early delivery does mean you get just what is in stock and that is always white and may not have desirable essentials such as locking diffs and long range tanks.
Armoured Toyota Landcruiser from Jankel will cost an agency about £61,000 or £3000 more for the turbo motor. Bomb detector sensors another £5000, anti-explosive exhaust a bargain at £95; escape hatch £1000, underfloor fire extinguishing £1000 and the uprated brakes to stop your 3.3 tonne Landcruiser are £3000. Tinted windows are free. Unfortunately, it won't meet EU emissions standards so keep it for the villa in Lebanon.
The UN approves a number of Chinese vehicles now for its use but they don't seem to be appearing much on the newsreels and there are very sound reasons of reliability and build why Toyotas are the favoured transport of the relief agencies.
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