Laundry list of ideas...

[Daschicken]

How about getting something like a suzuki Samurai? Its a little SUV with switchable 4wd and a 1.3L engine. Should be capable of respectable economy, offroading, and cool points!

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

I'm sure it wouldn't be so easy to find a Samurai back there. But would a grey-import be out of question?

[freebeard]

Define 'back there'. My brother bought an SJ413 hardtop in 1984 and drove it a lately as yesterday. He's only rolled it once.

There's another one broke down in my friend's yard, we need to tow upriver.

They sold here from 1984 to 1995. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki...#SJ413/Samurai

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Define 'back there'.

Any place upnorth from Mexico

My brother bought an SJ413 hardtop in 1984 and drove it a lately as yesterday.

Imports in most of Brazil were tightly restricted from '76 to '90, except for the Manaus free port zone. When my dad was still single, he used to see a reasonable amount of those Suzukis in Manaus, some stilll fitted with 2-stroke engines, and they were deemed so inexpensive that their owners would most often simply abandon them and import a newer one if something broke. I guess many of those who did it may now regret such decision...

They sold here from 1984 to 1995.

I can't remember when Suzuki cars started to be offered in Brazil, but the Samurai soldiered on until '98 when the current generation of the Jimny was released. But anyway, back here it had always been available as a 4-seater, while in the U.S. and Canada it had been restricted to 2-seater (but I don't know when it started) due to NHTSA crash standards.