Economical 4x4

Certainly from videos online the Duster 4x4 is capable.
it seems to run on the older Nissan system which I used in an XTrail for years without problem, not true 4wd but very capable for the average Joe. I’ve a Partner can myself and would consider a Duster 4x4 after this

Ya they are the busisness at present a 2.2D with an AWD button. Hardvto come accross and especially hard to get a high spec one

My own 2010 is on its last legs. Bought it for 7k in 2019 put 110k miles on it. It needs to retire to on farm duties in the next 6 months. Mine was an English Invincible model,

Seats can be folded down. Usually just put a small 2 wheel trailer behind it use it fencing feeding ration moving troughs etc.

Mine was 400 car tax late 2012 to 14 was 270 euro.

The Towing Capacity of the dister is 1.5T the vitara no better I imagine. As well the duster for an off roader is a bit lower thn other crossovers I think. Neither are really build for serious towing.

With what you are looking for forget about what year it is. You want a clean example give a good check on the chassis. Tht is where it will fail longterm. The bext of them are the 2.2D Toyota RAV with the 4wd button up to 2014. There was face lift towards the end of 2012, that midel.8s probably not as strong as the earlier version but its is still decent.

There is a Mitibishi Outlander with AWD that hs 2000kg TC as well up until 2017/18 anyway. Not sure when they started

Hyundi Santa Fe but they guzzle a bit of diesel. Its very hard to get van type crossover, they are nearly all seated. Tax is usually cheaper or much the sme as commercial tax and NCT is cheaper and easier to pass than CVRT

I was working the numbers on a KGM electric.. they cost 45k approx. 2.5ton towing capacity. Admittedly off road ability might be questionablenso maybe just go 2wd.

. https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kgm-musso-electric-ev-pick-up-truck-double-cab-n1/41784719?utm_source=android&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=listing_share

Because its an EV you have the option to deprecate over a single year or 8 years.. if you were trading something worth 15k you have a 30k allowance to write down. Calculating running costs about 3-5c/ KM compared to 17-23 for something similar in diesel which probably with has more power. For a part time farmer who wanted something to run to the mart and do a bit of towing the numbers really stack up.

3-4k of a difference in running costs.

Sorry taught it was 2500kgs. Interestingly it can carry 690 kgs as well in the load bed. How you weight separately is not very prevalent in Ireland, you can hardly take the box with cattle off to weight..

@yosemitesam1 its stability will be no issue. Even though Irish law is 750kgs unbraked, its rated for 1500kgs unbraked. As most part time lads will not be travelling 100km in the evento collect cattle its should not be a serious issue.

@Jim Simmental the diesel is a serious animal 3500kgs braked, however its a different frame/ chassis. However in the case of a part time farmer who is doing a bit of commuting the diesel has away higher running costs and you do not have the depreciation bonus.

@older by the day its power spec is among the highest of the crewcab EV out there. My biggest issiue is its a Sang Yong, I still have nightmares of them 30+ years ago and I only drove them as a replacement for my own yoke.

@emaherx its the tax element and running costs that are attractive. Have you enquired as to the price of the AWD and towing capacity. It may be that with what I got mixed up on the TC.

In this life you can always look at the issues and problems. If you are the average parttime farmer you can probably walk away from this after 7-8 years and be 5-10k+ ahead of a similar specification diesel type vehicle 4-6 years old costing 20k, especially if you can work the one year depreciation. I am not sure if you can suspend other depreciation lime you could 15 years ago. I did it with sheds back then if you can it doable for a lot if lads with a decent income

@Bass Reeves

According to KGM Ireland site

Payload is only 500KG and tow capacity 1.5T

(But their brochure says 1.8T)

https://kgm.ie/kgm-musso-ev/

Other markets like Australia seem to advertise higher capacities over 800kg in the bed of 2WD

From the brochure.

My car is over 10 years old, I bought it new and would like to replace it. I have solar panels and produce a fair bit of surplus power, more and more of the ESB produced power is becoming low/0 carbon. I'll likely drive it for 10 years and the battery warranty is 10 years.

My new car ICE or EV will have a carbon footprint to produce and EV's have been proven to have a lower lifetime carbon footprint by a long way.