Faults:

Speedo has moments, but all Type Bs do.

Power sounder replaced.

General Comments:

Had this Frontera 8 months now, and have done nearly 10000 miles with it. I got this one to replace my old SWB petrol Frontera 1996, and I had that for 3 years trouble free, apart from the exhaust, and at 120000 miles, I'm not complaining about it.

So I got another one, this time a LWB oil burner, and so far it's been great. Had it off road a couple of times, took on a couple of hills in the wet that I couldn't even walk up; no problems. My pal's got a Landy 110, and he is shocked by it off road, and it cost only about 75 percent less than his 110.

On road it's comfy, good visibility, less road noise than my dad's Discovery, and the fuel's excellent. I didn't buy a 4x4 and expect it to be good on fuel. My old petrol Frontera got 25mpg max with my dad driving it, 15 to 20 with me driving, and I'm getting 30 to 35 with this one. I'm well chuffed; that's the same MPG as our 2.0 Passat.

Had to replace the power sounder for the alarm; 60GBP from the dealer.

All in all, it's been a good to me so far. Tows our 18ft caravan fine.

Only fault, and it's a minor one; the turning circle isn't that good, even for a LWB.