Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hi All,

Currently have a 2005 Ford Escape (Territory's little brother) and am looking at updating. Was about to get a territory turbo but then wondered what nice 4wds are available to be imported.

Any help out there or recommendations, has to be newer than 2005 though, dont really want an older car at this stage. 4wd turbo would be nice ;-)

Any importers on here have a list of good 4wd that have compliance and can be imported?

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/
Share on other sites

not much. honestly if you want nice 4wd that's robust it's hard to go past a landcruiser. the V8 models are now up near 300kw and haul arse. plus they come with all the usual gear, leather everything, heated everything TVs up the ying yang etc.

or euro like a VW toureg or audi Q5 or Q7. I mean the V12 Q7 has about the same power as an R35 GTR! maybe a tad more these days. nearly 400kw. the touregs have V10 diesels too with just under 300kw from memory and W12 petrols near on 500hp if that floats your boat. these days they nearly all come with 6speed manual or 6 speed auto too.

4WDs is probably the one segment where we get pretty much all the kick arse choices. mainly due to our stupid LCT rules which exempt them from LCT and for that reason they have always been popular with soccer mums aus wide.

a 4wd is probably the one type of car I wouldn't bother importing. I'd steer clear of the ford stuff though. so many great jap and euro options out there now.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5877898
Share on other sites

Cheers Beer Baron for the words of advice. Love the Toureg, just dont like the price tag on the V10 or the audi Q7.

I saw abou a year ago a nissan crossover style vehicle, the interior was immaculate and had not seen it in Oz. I went to the US for my honeymoon and saw a few nice ones in New York so was wondering about ones like that.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5878068
Share on other sites

YOU DONT WANT 2005++!!!!

YOU WANT LUXURY

YOU WANT 4WD

YOU WANT TO ROLL LIKE A KING

YOU WANT A WHIPPLE SUPERCHARGER ATTACHED TO A 2UZ BIG BLOCK QUAD CAM V8

YOU WANT IT BLACK WITH LEATHER AND ALL THE FEATURES.

YOU WANT THIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

CLIIIIICCCCKKKKK

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5878173
Share on other sites

and i would say you're referring to the skyline crossover

they cool too but you did say 4wd!!!!!

if you're into skyline cross over then what about the lexus RX???

sorry to say it but lexus are rad. haha i want lexus in and around my life.. i mean COME ON..

VOICE ACTIVATED GPS!!!!

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5878176
Share on other sites

if you don't mind more of a cross-over/SUV type thing then take a look at the subaru tribeca. they are like a 4WD version of a liberty. so very nice leather interior, super solid build quality (everything feels very nice), great interior, good handling. not super powerful like the big cruisers and the audi/vw models, though the do have about 200kw so not slow either. they're great value and a nice looking car.

eps is in dream land. the lexus are exactly a rebadged cruiser. nothing wrong with that though. they do have some small differences and some may prefer one over the other.

you can get a pretty nice 05 model toureg within your budget. if you look hard even a V10 can be had for $35K or less.

but for your budget you could get a near new tribeca and they are a good thing.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5879002
Share on other sites

if you don't mind more of a cross-over/SUV type thing then take a look at the subaru tribeca. they are like a 4WD version of a liberty. so very nice leather interior, super solid build quality (everything feels very nice), great interior, good handling. not super powerful like the big cruisers and the audi/vw models, though the do have about 200kw so not slow either. they're great value and a nice looking car.

eps is in dream land. the lexus are exactly a rebadged cruiser. nothing wrong with that though. they do have some small differences and some may prefer one over the other.

you can get a pretty nice 05 model toureg within your budget. if you look hard even a V10 can be had for $35K or less.

but for your budget you could get a near new tribeca and they are a good thing.

But the Tribeca isn't an import...you can buy one new at the Subaru showroom down the road or on carsales.com.au

Just saying, like

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5879028
Share on other sites

thanks I know. well actually it is still an import. it's made in japan after all and imported to aus by subaru... :)

read my posts. all of the cars I suggested are sold here. as I said, the 4WD market is one segment we are well covered in. we get nearly all the good 4WD options from japan and europe. can even buy yank tanks these days if they float your boat. importing a 4WD is a waste of time and besides which I can't think of anything post 2005 that is on the SEVS list...

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5879270
Share on other sites

Dad bought a prado recently, I think it was a 2009.

Having driven it, its quite a nice car, and being a 4.0 L petrol is goes hard enough for a big four wheel drive, probably not as hard as some of the stuff Beer Baron mentioned though.

I couldn't really fault it and think it would be a nice car to do long trips in.

Dual fuel tanks, nice trim etc etc etc.

Don't bother importing.

PS EPS likes dick.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5879340
Share on other sites

hey wait.

firstly ... Nee-San I'll fight you. dont think i wont. I'm planning on bringing Rising Sunday to QLD for a show in 2012. and when i do. there will be a battle royale.

anyway - 25TT a friend of mine is coming home from japan in a few weeks' time. and as far as i know he's bringing his STI forrester across.

im assuming he's selling it since he'll be going back to japan... maybe get in touch with him?

that's the only GOOD 4wd worth importing :)

as Richard said though - 4wd / SUV / crossover market is the ONE market australia has got it going awwwnnnn

and I'm NOT in dream land :( wah.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5879397
Share on other sites

STI Foz great choice - hopefully another in Oz at the end of next year too, mine, cos I will be buying soon (couple of months time) and personally importing it.

Mr. EPS...does that guy work in Japan and drive a blue STI Fozzer? Had heaps of hassle trying to get it through DOTARS, but won in court? He was on this site several years ago?

Edited by CT9W
Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/368614-importable-4wd/#findComment-5880364
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • The German place in Cabramatta was rock solid, fresh pretzel cooked to order back then. Then it went all quiet, after all the poker machines were removed, then I believe it closed for good. I did drive past the other week and noticed outdoor lighting a big screen, but no idea what is there now.  
    • Yeah I suspect even if you hold airmass per cycle/cylinder constant if you get too far away from stock you're still going to have problems running the factory tune within the bounds of the factory load scale. Cams, different displacement/rod ratio, etc. I'm just lucky that the GTIII-SS with wastegate boost + CA compliance cats is pretty much equivalent to stock turbos. When I have actual space I can finally get it tuned and modify the fuel system for flex fuel to 100% handle any detonation concerns when cranking the boost to whatever those dinky turbos can put out.
    • I would say no, why, because my daughter, who also lives in Goulburn, hasn't recommended us going there Pity, as we miss all the German joints around in Sydney, actually, the restaurants are the only thing I really miss about Sydney, and a special mention to Ishibanboshi at Bondi Junction, their Kara-age Don is heart cloggingly deliciousness (always added a special boiled egg...or 2) 😋 
    • Does that German restaurant still exist in the old place out the NW end of Goulburn? When I say "out the NW end of"...I am really being vague. It was 1997 when I was last there, and the only point of reference I can recall is that it was on the opposite side of the main drag from the big merino. And when I say "opposite side of the main drag", I don't mean "on the main drag". It was either a couple of streets back from there, or might have even been out in the sticks a bit further. Was an old farm building or mill or somesuch. And when I say "the big merino" I might actually be thinking of a completely different part of town, because I just looked on maps and the big bugger is not where I remembered him to be! The food was good, consisting largely of various German mystery-meat sausage/loaf things and kartofflen.
    • So while the second sentence is completely correct and the whole point of the conversation, the first sentence bears consideration. If this bloke is just hoping to throw big turbos on and drive it around, because there are no helpful facilities at all in his tropical paradise** then he likely has zero chance of even knowing what the TP is on the last column in the stock maps, let alone know whether the ECU is operating anywhere near it or past it. So the point is very very moot. And, per what I said before, at stock boost on those turbos, you may well be off the end of the map. **I'm just back from Vanuatu, so I know exactly what small Pacific nations can be like wrt paradise without requisite facilities. But it's not even that simple. I put a high flow on my car and had to drive it around without a proper tune because of the lack of opportunity*** to put the bigger AFM and injectors into it to allow it to be tuned. I had to turn the boost down to less than I had before, and back off the boost controller's ramp, because it was exploring parts of the map that it didn't drive in before, and really couldn't access for tuning on the dyno either, and so was pinging. It was still well within the last column, because when I first**** set up the Nistune on the Neo I rescaled all axes of the maps to give some more space to explore. ***Family dyno was broken ****This was 13 years ago, and the TIM thing wasn't a thing then and so TP would definitely grow when pushing past the stock tune's limits.
×
×
  • Create New...