Very sensible buy back in the day...
From Ford, it had a one year, 20,000km warranty...buy the
exact same ute from Nissan with Nissan badges, and you got the standard Nissan 2 year 40,000km warranty...
Of course it did work the other way...a Nissan Patrol had a 2yr/40,000km warranty, but buy the exact same thing from Ford badged as a Maverick, and you only got Fords standard 1yr/20,000km warranty...
A9X Toranas...records say that "Only 405 A9X Toranas were produced for sale to the public and these consisted of 305 four-door sedans and 100 two-door hatches."
I remember a funny comment about A9X Toranas...they said that "of the 405 made, 10,000 were still on the road today..."