4 X 4 car for on / off road use

[Ayahuasca]

Landrovers don't seem to be very tough.

There is a route I take over a mountain range and through a jungle that involves a lot of bumps and humps and a fairly shallow river crossing.

I do it in a Landcruiser, no problem at all.

Friend does it in a Defender and got a hole in his engine block where the suspension kept hitting it.

Someone else did it in a brand-new Defender and got stuck in the river with a knackered engine.

A different person did it in a Range Rover, ditto.

All stock cars, no snorkels or anything.

[Rum Runner]

Grand Vitara 98-05. You will get a low mileage 04-05 and less than 30,000 miles for that money and they work. You could even get the relatively quick X-EC V6.
Standard vehilce in the Caribbean as they are tough relaible good on and off road and not to big.