Category: Small 4x4s 
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Reasonable range of engines. Pretty good off road, and there's plenty of space inside.
Rubbish on road. Diesel is rough. All are slow. V6 engine is pointless. Image still a problem.
Not even ideal for those who want a workhorse. A style wagon it is not. One of the worst cars you can buy.

The first-generation Frontera was not a success in the burgeoning market for 4x4s, suffering a number of handling and reliability problems. When it was replaced by a similar-looking version in 1998, the Frontera was much improved, but it's still way off the pace set by many of its rivals. It's not even that fashionable any more, either.