I have th 1998 vitara last of the non airbag models with a 2 litre dohc Mazda engine , much more reliable and economical than the old v6 2 litre also a manual model . They have the lever to manually select 4wd rather than a switch which I prefer don't have much faith in electronics just ticked over 300000k and due for a new clutch and thrust bearing the only major expense I've had is I had to replace the coil packs at about 250km . It's a 3 door , I do find when in hard lock the rear tends to push the front wheels sideways when in 2wd the 5dr wouldn't have this problem cos of the longer chassis. The other thing is the engine points the right way and they have a full chassis not a unibody like the rave or crv
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