Dear Nairalanders

Greetings to you all brothers and sisters in this room, please am about to open a wholesales supermarket store and I want to get a van that I can be using to travel to lagos from ogbomosho to buy my goods for my store and am considering either 2002 TO 2004 TOYOTA HIACE OR 2003 TO 2006 VOLKWAGEN TRANSPORTER because I see that the toks of the 2 vans are almost in the same range in price, though I don't know much about vehicles.

I kindly ask for you opinion on the 2 in terms of maintenance, spare part, road worthiness, fuel consumption (both on petrol) .

Thanks all.

Both are strong die hard beasts, but hiace may may edge above transporter in terms of maintenance. This is because the former is more on Nigerian roads, so the sure mechanics should not be hard to find anywhere. However, do they also have the same size (cabin volume)? I guess that should be of utmost importance to you since bigger will be better for your utility.

Thank you @McLizbae , the volkswagen has more room than the hiace

Well that is another pro for the VW. So, it is your choice to choose if the extra space is worth ditching the hiace.

freemanbaba:
Thank you @McLizbae , the volkswagen has more room than the hiace

@McLizbae

Is the Volkswagen part readily available in market and can any mechanic like kazeem fix it . Though sm planning to get the tokunbo

"readily available", well I can't give facts on that. Getting vehicle parts has not really been the problem with vehicle maintenance. The major problem is that right kazeem to diagnose and fix problems. So, you may get more *right kazeems" for haice than VW anywhere here in Nigeria. Infact, many of those hiace drivers (transporters) already know how to fix alot on the vehicle. While traveling, I have some times see hiace drivers help each other with services and damages parts to fix hicae busses stranded in isolated areas.

freemanbaba:
@McLizbae

Is the Volkswagen part readily available in market and can any mechanic like kazeem fix it . Though sm planning to get the tokunbo

The Volkswagen is more fuel efficienct than the Toyota. But both vehicles are super reliable