Crazy Kiwis: Buy a new Mitsubishi Triton, get a free goat with purchase
New Zealand Mitsubishi wants you to buy a Triton ute, and to lure you into doing it they're using goats -- because really, who can resist a goat? Said Mitsu's New Zealand sales and marketing manager, Peter Wilkins, "three years of drought has severely depleted sheep and beef populations, so what better time to float the goat?''
But wait, there's more! If you don't end up taking the goat -- said to go well with the Triton because goats are "hardy, versatile units which will integrate directly into existing farm operations'' -- a goat-free package is available. That will get you a 5-year extended warranty, five vehicle fitness inspections, five thousand km of road user charges paid, five years of roadside assistance, and $500 worth of Triton accessories.
New Zealand Mitsubishi, working hard to... get your goat. (Sorry, had to...)
[Source: Courier Mail]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
AndyMF 9:37AM (5/30/2009)
"...float the goat."
That sounds plain wrong...
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izorro 9:37AM (5/30/2009)
Mmmm I can almost taste that goat...yum.
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Avinash machado 9:42AM (5/30/2009)
I prefer the Pontiac Goat.
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g00fba11 8:03PM (5/30/2009)
well...somewhere in MI, Rick W is slapping his forehead and goes "why didn't I think about that? Buy a Silverado, get a free bull".
nzo 10:03AM (5/30/2009)
That is one ugly truck.
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Tomac 10:28AM (5/30/2009)
I think it's so ugly it's cool. Unlike the Honda Ridgeline, which is so ugly it's... ugly.
splitter 11:11AM (5/30/2009)
Ugly. Nuff said.
IMB 10:34AM (5/30/2009)
Keep the truck, I'll take the goat.
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Joe K. 10:41AM (5/30/2009)
So is the nickname of "Goat-eater" being lobbed at everyone driving one of these?
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WetheSheeple 10:46AM (5/30/2009)
"That one goat over there sure has a purdy mouth"
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Smegley 11:53AM (5/30/2009)
Way back when throwing a goat or two in with the deal used to be how you'd buy a wife. If she was really hot you may have to make it 3 goats and a cow.
What kind of a world is it when wives are replaced with mechanical equipment?
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Protzenegger 11:57AM (5/30/2009)
Actually, in this case you're the wife. NZ Mitsubishi are giving away the goat in exchange for your marriage to the local dealer :)
Phil 12:17PM (5/30/2009)
These are awesome trucks, I just wish they would have sold them here, Instead we got a worthless revamped Dakota that nobody wanted, It makes you wonder how these people stay in business making such poor decesions, I would take a Triton over a Tacoma... Come On Mitsubishi, bring us your real truck, Forget the goat...
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Phil 12:18PM (5/30/2009)
Sold in New Zealand, Europe and Mexico, Not In North America... Thanks...
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indijanac 6:30PM (5/30/2009)
I think that US has a special higher import tariff on imported small trucks that are not made in NAFTA countries. Which is the reason that you don't see other pickup trucks here such as Ford Ranger/Mazda, Isuzu D-Max, Toyota Hilux etc.
Phil 8:59PM (5/30/2009)
Thanks for the explaination, that makes sense to me, its a shame, the Triton is nice.
Jon 1:25PM (5/30/2009)
Didn't Ford try a similar stunt with ponies to move the slow-selling Edsel? This was long before my time, but I do recall reading that it did not end well.
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Azrael4h 7:12PM (5/30/2009)
How long before mitsu tries this in the US?
"Come one, come all! Buy a Lancer, get a Goat!"
"A Goat? Have we all gone mad?"
"That's not all Peter, we also have hot beverage mugs and free balloons for the kids!"
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Farmboy 1:48PM (5/30/2009)
Eh, heard this on Bob and Tom yesterday.
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Level 3:44PM (5/30/2009)
is a goat worth that much?? all those options you get if you drop the goat lol
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