NEW CAR: Mitsubishi Pajero OR Toyota Prado? Whats great with kids & rough roads?

[lissy]

We currently have a Navara Dual Cab 2005 model. I quite like it, its cheap to run & easy to drive but it's pretty squeezy, the suspension is pretty hard & it is SHOCKING on bad/wet roads. We live down a dirt road out of town & I swear this car bogs itself lol, so I really want something I would feel safer driving down these roads with a bub in.

I haven't driven either yet & don't know if we're looking new or used but what do you think? Whats good about them..whats bad?

[Smoke Jaguar]

If you'll be towing, go the Prado. If we hadn't run out of money after buying our steers, we would have one of these now! Will have to wait a few years, now

[Melbournemumma]

My DH is into 4wd's and he said Prado.

He said Toyota know what they're doing

[Teeki]

:yeahthat: I agree with both. Toyota's are great, well-built and will last and hold their value. You'd find very little to fault on a prado. And personally every mitsubishi I've owned has seemed very poor quality and not lasted long at all

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[~Hestia~]

We have a 2008 turbo diesel automatic Pajero and we love it. It rides very smoothly and is really comfortable on long trips. It has heaps of room, especially in the 'boot' as the back row of seats stores under the floor. I've had our 50L car fridge, two prams, two suitcases, nappy bag, a carrier plus bedding in the boot. The only downfall was when DS was rearward facing I couldn't reach him without physically moving my seat back or getting out of my seat belt and turning right around as the back seat is quite roomy too.
When we were looking at a new car DH researched and found that in our case, what we wanted on the Pajero was about $10 000 cheaper than the same on a Prado. So we found the Pajero value for money, also has a great warranty.
Just asked DH and he said that if you're constantly driving on rough roads you should upgrade the factory suspension on any 4 wheel drive, the aftermarket suspension is specially designed for Australian standards. If you want his opinion on brands, just PM me. And that the new model has a 3 ton towing capacity.
Hope that helps!

[kawazuki]

go the toyota.
can i ask why not go to the landcruiser??
more room, better engine, better suspension.

We love our cruiser, it goes everywhere, and with lots of grunt and stability

[Tinks]

Yeah go the Toyota. I also agree with kawazuki, get a Landcruiser.

[Taurean]

My parents and my sister and her hubby have Pajeros and they do a LOT of camping/traveling.

My sister and her family (DH, DS1 5yrs & DS2 2yrs) have just spent the last 4 weeks traveling from Perth to The Blue Mountains then down to Vic then back to southern WA before returning home. BIL is a school teacher so that is a 'normal' road trip for them over Xmas hols.

They go 4WDing often (so do my folks) and go to Gnaraloo at least once a year - it's a remote station about 14 hrs drive north of Perth where you need to take your own fuel and water in. You get the picture. They also did a trip to Broome and back early last year and took the scenic (remote) route. Oh, forgot to mention they tow a camper trailer and my parents towed an off road Jayco pop top van until they sold it last month.

So yeah, my vote would be a Pajero