Jackaroo vs Bravo off road

Mate both ok off road, alot depends on what you need from the vehicle. You have chosen 2 totally different vehicles so depending on your needs. The jacks go like a dog shot up the ar** and arent to bad on the fuel either for a V6 (better then prado) have great flex off road in the rear end, front slighty limited been IFS but basically the same limits as prado,pajero, including the mazda. The mazda is leaf spring rear ?? wont flex like the jack, Ive sat in a jack but not driven it and found it extremely comfortable, fairly quit (unless you giving it to it but same as any vehicle) and road along very nicely. The mazda will be still like any ute, made for a load so will be not as smooth, buck around a lot more off road (not so bad when loaded basing my experiance between the lux and prados I had) The 2 issues with the V6 jack is inlet manifold gasket (not a dear repair) and only yesterday found out fuel pumps can be an issue when they get a few klms on them but a very underated forgotten 4wd, great value for money. Post on here yesterday about the V6 jack. These motors have been known to do over the 500k mark, bet you wouldnt get that out of the diesel without some issues costing more then the inlet manifold gasket and pump ?? I would recomend a suspension upgrade on any 4wd based on your intended use. I had a canopy on the lux for more luggage space (not sure you have one again depending on intended use) I had 170L water tank in lux but no way can I carry/find a place for it in a prado. I miss the ute's versatility and room, but I like the comfort level more on the prado, we are towing van next trip so room as such wont be an issue as we will store it in van. The ute was great with our two dogs (sheperd & rottie) wet smeely dogs covered in sand, throw in back of ute, hose the dogs and the ute out when we got home no problems, prado forget it........Either will handle sand or bush tracks as your mentioned. Only thing I can see is you need to make up your mind on intended use and then go for it. I would have no hesitations going back to a ute only wife stilll likes the prado more for every day stuff....

I drove a new B series on a beach 4wd training course for 2 days. For a ute of that era it was great on the road, and once wound up went perfectly well. I will say that they suffer a little from turbo lag and are a bit peaky in power delivery. Something a v6 won't suffer from. Most of the lag you can drive around, and once up and spinning they are little steam trains. Recovering from sand is a different story - Getting the wheels turning gently when bogged is not the most controllable excercise you've ever done once the turbo decides it's ON, and there's not much to play with below the boost point. It wouldn't stop me from getting one, but how I drove and recovered it in sand would differ slightly.

Cheers for the Awesome advice guys...



my uses will be for going around the northern suburbs of Perth, to and from work/uni and i will be off-roading with Pajero's and Discovery's and things like that


But i like the B-series coz of how much stuff you can fit in it and i like the jack as it is a wagon, good off road, comfy etc...


but yeh really just wondering now about power and reliability

and maybe some off road capability of the Mazda

Thanks heaps guys

James