Vauxhall frontera 2.0i sport

[tigga]

Hi, does anybody have experience / knowledge of the above car ? I would like to know whether the four wheel drive is permanent or switchable, are they ok on fuel / reliability and does the hard top collapse or does it have to be removed in one piece ?

Any info much appreciated, thanks

[kjn2]

The four wheel drive is switchable, extra gear stick is used to engage four wheel drive, fuel not too bad (on my 1998 2.00 sports) would say on average to a 2.5 litre car, the back comes off in one piece (make sure you have somewhere to store it, also pray it does not rain when you are out) relaibility, to be honest they are not the best for reliability but parts are cheap,also if this is your first 4 x 4 be sure to have a test drive as they are completely different to a car, the 2.00 litre version is very slow and needs pushing also expect a bit of roll when cornering, you do loose some of the luxuries of the car so be sure this is what you want before you splash out with the cash.

[tigga]

Thanks kjn2 for the informative answer, its good news actually as the only problem you mention is reliability - i do all the work myself so all in all ill be happy with one of these.