advice needed

[steve s]

as for the frontera it was called the chevrolet frontera in egypt.
cameo in thailand.
plus 3.1 rodeo i think in america.makes you think that isuzu are pretty good 4x4s

[TFB]

Dragging it slightly off more of topic

The Isuzu Mu is nearly a Frontera Sport, and it was called the Isuzu Rodeo/Amigo in the US.

The Frontera was part of the IBC (Isuzu Bedford Company - I think) that also bought us such wonders as the Bedford Rascal van.

Overall the Frontera's are quite underated, at the time they were a hell of a lot cheaper than most other 4x4's but were let down by poor build quality and some dodgey looking interiors.

The ones with the 2.8 Isuzu are supposed to be the most reliable, but I've killed two of them (turbos giving up and filling the engine with shards of turbine) and prefer the 2.5VM engined ones, as the VM is damn good engine.

Regards

TFB

[steve s]

the thing is no one wanted the toyota 4runner when toyota first brought it over here did they to be honest i cant say that i ever noticed one .it wasn't until the surfs were being imported that i took a good look at them and when i did all you ever heard was crap engines problems with the head .so the surf hasn't got a good reputation has it i have been very lucky with mine over the last 6 years but not sure i could bring myself to get another one.people dont like isuzu not sure the reason for this but comparing the two cars i couldn't say overall what one is the best .