Thats murphys law for you.  06 Diesel Suzuki Grand Vitara, cant wait to see how much this is going to cost me.  Have rung the company an lodged a complaint but what do you know, yet to receive a phone call.

I had a 2004lt rodeo,  .

if your towing ya boat, make sure it is auto, i had manual and towing the haines clutch couldn't handle it. ended up selling it as it didn't like heavier boats.

cheers dave

 

 

Pick of the litter for me is anything with a large literage engine for sheer torque (3L+), and by Nissan, Ford/Mazda or Toyota (although the Toyota's are expensive for what you get).  Mitsi's don't do it for me, the tray's look small and the styling is crap.  Gimme a man's ute not a curvy girls' car...  Holdens and Izusu's drive really crap and decay into rattly heaps but on the plus side don't seem to break easily.

 

For the price, how about:

 

As suggestions.  For what you seem to want I would guess that you might not get the benefit of buying a newer ute, in terms of depreciation and cost of running.  An older vehicle that has a good service history might be worth considering, and that gives you more to spend on boat toys...

 

The Courier/Bounty is probably the only ute with a 2.5L engine that I would consider at the mo, they seem to tow really well and produce reasonable torque at low revs even though it's a 2.5L engine.