Suggestions for a new Jeep/Pickup

Eric Cartman

Right So im strongly considering changing my 04 kia sorento for something a bit bigger / more powerful , and im looking for suggestions, id have about 16 grand to play with and am looking in the 04-07 year range ,

only rules are , has to be commercial or on uk plates (ill commercialise it myself) , has to be automatic and full spec (alloys, leather, aircon/climate control, electric heated seats etc) , has to be diesel and above 160bhp (or above 2.5L)

im currently considering the following

BMW X5
Toyota Hilux
Isuzu D-Max
Toyota Landcruiser (would consider the 4.2TD amazon if the price was right)
Mitsubishi Shogun (LWB)
Nissan Patrol GR

anyone got any other suggestions ? or reccomendations of whats best out of my list of vehicles

EPM

X5 is in A different league to any of those to be honest. Whatever you do buy something with simple electrics:D

What about a navara though? Some of those have huge spec

Eric Cartman

EPM wrote: »

X5 is in A different league to any of those to be honest. Whatever you do buy something with simple electrics:D
true , I really like the interior of the X5 and its a lot more of a big car than an offroad beast, only thing that i dont like about them is the horribly high mileage all the UK ones seem to have

What about a navara though? Some of those have huge spec

yeah id consider a d40 navara, must look in the UK for one of those (people buying cars (especially commercials) here seem to be afraid of optional extras)

docmartin

i recently bought the 3.0 d4d landcruiser, love it, great seating position which suits me cause i had back problems previously. great power, easy run, great in the snow and ice too

746watts

3lt D4D Landcruiser, 174bhp 34mpg best jeep by miles.

bazz26

Nissan Patrol GR:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200948195997529

R.O.R

Eric Cartman wrote: »

yeah id consider a d40 navara, must look in the UK for one of those (people buying cars (especially commercials) here seem to be afraid of optional extras)

UK Navara doesn't meet Irish commercial specifications for the €50 VRT - would come in at 13.3% VRT. Uprated suspension for ROI bring the GVW to 3,450kg.

Irish Isuzu D-Max are the same, UK version would get hit for 13.3% VRT. Might be some Cobra versions around which are fully specced, but not sure if there would be many auto's.

Lancruiser seems to be the best beast by all accounts. Maybe a Discovery TDV6?

Heated Leather seats could be retro fitted for under €1,000 so I wouldn't rule out those with cloth interior if the price was right.

Drummerboy08

R.O.R wrote: »

Lancruiser seems to be the best beast by all accounts. Maybe a Discovery TDV6?

Well, we have a 08 RR Sport in at the minute (Same engine) and that needs almost €20,000 worth of work done to it to make it driveable again. Hopefully its all under warranty, because I dont fancy replacing the engine ourselves.

On that basis, i'd steer well clear of the Land Rover.

The Landcruiser or the X5 gets my vote.

R.O.R

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Well, we have a 08 RR Sport in at the minute (Same engine) and that needs almost €20,000 worth of work done to it to make it driveable again. Hopefully its all under warranty, because I dont fancy replacing the engine ourselves.
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Well, I know a good Land Rover garage

Drummerboy08

R.O.R wrote: »

Well, I know a good Land Rover garage

Its already in a sh1te Land Rover garage, but it aint leaving there without an engine!

Eric Cartman

bazz26 wrote: »

Nissan Patrol GR:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200948195997529

price is right, spec is right, year is right and mileage is right , definitley going to consider this, the only option it doesnt seem to have is nissans factory satnav, but i dont want that as its sh1te

Drummerboy08

The Patrol was a reliable machine too - just ask the Defense Forces.