Cheap, reliable 4WD SUV suggestion?
July 25, 2009 by By email
Filed under Suburban Utility Vehicles
What is the most reliable 4-wheel drive SUV I can buy for around $10k that is less then 10 years old?
I want to trade-in my gas-guzzling monster of a truck for a good used 4wd SUV.
I don’t want to buy another new vehicle. I just want something affordable that will last a few years and which I hope will last 200k miles or more with no major problems.
The SUV must be 6 cylinder. And since I shall be using it off-road on a regular basis, it needs to be a proper 4-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
You’ll find the Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 engine will last for ever. Our 1995 jeep had the 4.0 motor in it and we sold the car at 190,000miles. A friend of my father’s has 285,000 miles clocked up on his Grand Cherokee 4.0.
The gas consumption is about 14-17 mpg in the city and about 24 mpg on the highway. We have had many Grand Cherokees in the past and we have three of them right now. You could say we we love these machines.
My own Jeep with the 4.7 v8 engine gets around 14-16 mpg city and I can get 20 mpg on the highway at 70mph.