Looking for >2litre 3dr 4x4

Quixotic

Quixotic

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I am looking for a 3dr 4x4, preferably around 3litre or more and age <5 years. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Question. Why more than 2 litres? Why 3 door?

4x4 for grip on road, or off-road driving?
 
Debeer165 said:
Maybe an Amarok? Remember, size doesn't equal power. The 2.0 in the Amarok is much stronger than the 3.0 in the Fortuner for example.
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Yea 132kW 420Nm vs 120kW 400Nm is a huge difference . But that's peak numbers over what rev range can those number be made?

But neither comes in a 3 door
 
Considering the 50% smaller engine, yes, those are noteworthy numbers.
The peak range is smaller naturally, but if you look for a dyno graph you'll see that out of peak the 2.0 is still higher.

What figures are you using for the Toyota? It shows 120 kw and 343 nm on the site?
 
In any turbo motor you can up the boost and make dramatically more torque and power, but you end up having to strengthen internals and could reduce longevity while tightening tolerances, requiring finer control.

Look at the popular Golf GTI. There is a golf 400 in the pipeline which produces around double the power with the same motor, albeit heavily modified, with increased boost and strengthened internals. And the guys into modifying and racing do the same.

I would guess the low boost 3L motors are less prone to failure than the higher stress 2L motors. The 3L motors are more suited to workhorse bakkies which quickly clock up 100s of thousands of hard kilometers, pulling full loads, consuming low grade fuel and being driven by non owners unsympathetically. While the 2L variants are more lifestyle vehicles that never see a load bin filled to capacity, but rather the occasional dirt road and mountain bike in the back.
 
DanH said:
In any turbo motor you can up the boost and make dramatically more torque and power, but you end up having to strengthen internals and could reduce longevity while tightening tolerances, requiring finer control.

Look at the popular Golf GTI. There is a golf 400 in the pipeline which produces around double the power with the same motor, albeit heavily modified, with increased boost and strengthened internals. And the guys into modifying and racing do the same.

I would guess the low boost 3L motors are less prone to failure than the higher stress 2L motors. The 3L motors are more suited to workhorse bakkies which quickly clock up 100s of thousands of hard kilometers, pulling full loads, consuming low grade fuel and being driven by non owners unsympathetically. While the 2L variants are more lifestyle vehicles that never see a load bin filled to capacity, but rather the occasional dirt road and mountain bike in the back.
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Correct. The points you make are very valid.

Sadly the OP doesn't really give much info on what it is to be used for, for how long etc. Just a blind request for a big engine with 4x4 which isn't extremely helpful


Edit : heck I could suggest a 3.0 TDI Audi A5 Quattro as it fits the given criteria
 
Who buys a car on capacity?

You look at power and torque figures, not how big the engine is.
 
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