Car advice for grey nomads - 4wd, Territory, Kluger, Prado etc info

My dh and I are determined we will travel more when the kids move out of home. For now we do small trips away. We have done two 6 week trips to the territory and loved it. The last 2 weekends we have been camping and with all this rain we've been having it was nice not to have a trip cancelled. We don't mind camping in the rain but its painful with the kids. We have bought ourselves a pop up camper trailer. It's basically like the jayco ones. But ours is a golf. Love it. Sleeps up to 8. Shame 2 of the kids have no decided to sleep in tents :/. Lol

Sorry for hijacking your thread op

We have a Nissan pathfinder. They have good towing capacity (better than Prado) they area smaller 4wd compared to a landcruiser. I have been really happy with ours. It is 7 seats, rear seats fold into floor and is really comfortable to drive.

Diesel is def the way to go. Not only more kms to a tank, but in the western states diesel is cheaper than petrol. The longer range & cheaper prices do come in handy over here. My parents have a 94 Landcruiser Troop Carrier & use around the same in $$ as I do in a 05 V6 station wagon. We did WA - NSW together, both towing caravan's & fuel costs were very similar.

Patrol & Cruiser are top of the line for off road. Pajero, Hilux, Navara etc come in after them. They're the tougher cars made for hard driving. Not sure how good a Kluger/Territory etc would be & not sure they're available in diesel either.

Joining forums is a good idea. And with 4x4's, you do get what you pay for. That's why the Patrol's & Cruisers hold their value so well.