What van?

[Ritchie335is]

At the moment I have a Skoda Felatio Pickup as my daily beater.
Drives like a (stty) car, does 50mpg and 90-odd mph. Great for battering home after a shift.
The problem is it is really turning into a scruffy pile of ste so I think its time to replace it.
Ideally I would like something thats a bit unusual like a Subaru pickup (petrol only so no use) or Ford P100.
It must be diesel or extremly good on petrol and be able to hustle a bit through the bends (so no Pajeros/Landys etc)
I did have a twinge about a mk1 Caddy but these all seem to piles of ste or as otherwise called "rat" look and about 3 grand. I really want to spend 2k max but if its really good (think Subaru pickup with diesel conversion) I might stretch to more.
Any ideas? I'm really stuck! BTW it doesn't really have to be a pickup, I just like them. I have a boat and stinky diesel/fish isn't great in the back of a closed van.

[skene]

Only thing I can think of would be a Toyota Lo-lux, but they are painfully slow and I don't think they did a turbo version.

[Urban Sports]

I know this doesn't really fit the criteria but the XJ220 van that was on top gear would be the best one for you IMO

[Ritchie335is]

The Lo-Lux is an option, I haven't seen the xj van, sounds good though.

[redgriff500]

P100 diesels are awful in both performance and economy.

Best (cheap, diesel) pick up I can think of is the Vauxhall Brava in RWD turbo diesel form they are very rare but relatively nippy.

[vit4]

Another Skoda if it does the job?

Tbh, for that money and those criteria you're asking a lot Had a quick look on van trader for curiosity, and it seems mostly the Skodas/Caddy equivalents.

Rather tidy Ford Ranger for sale, no idea what they're like to drive though. Loads of the Mazda B2000's (same as the Ranger as I understand) for sale cheap.
http://vans.autotrader.co.uk/bodytype/pick-up/stoc...


Also, Nissan D22 (there are a couple for sale), or a Tata Loadbeta. Tata's probably a POS actually but it's low mileage and clean