Do people give up on the zd30 way to quickly

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all true but they where built for the european market as a passenger car hence 7seater
if i had a choice at the time id probably have a 4.2 but if you ease up on the 3l and not treat it as a big motor it should last a while we live in hope

was trying to compete with the likes of RangeRover and Shogun/Pajero, the 2.8 was deemed as gutless and had to meet the more stringent emissions that Europe were imposing back then......... Europe back then were still very much petrol users and diesel wasn't as widespread