The 4x4s that depreciate slowest

Buy a horse it goes anywhere

Cheap to run

Pulls most things

Vet bills a bit on the dear side however get a plan and its ok

No rust

Exhast can smell but look on the good side the waste does wonders in the garden

By far the best 4x4

I would say to anyone who thinks they want a 4x4 but don't know which one to go for-----buy a few copies of of REAL off road magazines ie 4x4 mag and land rover and land rover international and find out from the experts what they rate and why.

You'll find that their opinions are much more  informed than those  of main steam car mags who really don't know what to look for or how to measure  a 4x4's ability.

You may not need a real 4x4 but there's nothing worse than thinking your shiny new suv can cope with anything and finding out the hard way that it falls at the first hurdle.

Thanks to Peter McNally for  the info on all terraine tyers--that's good but mud tyers won't help you in snow.OK so people who live and work in towns and cities don't need 4x4's because the roads are smooth, salted and gritted but then they don't need 170 mph sports cars either in 30 or 40 speed limits.

So where do you draw the line

We need 4x4's out where I live 20 miles from the nearest town they don't clear snow in lanes and backroads. Last year those of us with 4x4's were taking hot meals to the elderly, getting people to the doctor and for three weeks picking up our own post where the van (on snow tyers) couldn't get through;

we don't all drive £80;000 Range Rovers but 4x4's that have a job to do and we need them.

i have a mitsubishi **** that is 21 years old and not a spot of rust

mechanicaly perfect

pulls a caravan no sweat  

i love my mitzy.

i would of thought the land rover defender would of been on this list