New Vauxhall Frontera

The Frontera name hasn't gathered a great reputation. Let's see if this new Frontera has the potential to change that then...
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[@welshskies]

I owned a Vauxhall Frontera 2.3L LWB for seven years from 1992 to 1999, did 100,000 miles and loved it. We lived (live) in rural Mid Wales and had a family of three small children (3 under 4) and our LWB Frontera was perfect for changing nappies on the drop-down tailgate. . Our Frontera could and did go anywhere, it was a proper 4x4 off-road vehicle and not a fluffy cross-over, it was built to do a job of work out in the countryside, not potter around suburbia and pose in front of school gates. My wife was turning right at a junction on the A483 when someone driving an executive saloon (can't remember what) rear-ended our Frontera at high speed, the rear spare wheel carrier took the impact and our 4x4 was only lightly damaged and perfectly drive-able whilst the offending saloon was written off and fire brigade had to cut it in half to recover it. The Frontera was actually a re-badged Isuzu workhorse built from kits in Luton, It did have short comings in that it wasn't fast and only did the low thirties to the gallon on diesel but in its natural rural environment it did well, we loved our big green Frontera. The people who moaned about the Vauxhall Frontera were people who should have bought a Ford hatchback or a Volvo estate, the Frontera was more like the old fashioned Land Rover Defender or basic Discovery. We miss our Frontera even today, nobody seems to make a rugged, tough, practical 4x4 estate anymore, even Land Rover has gone all marshmallow and far too expensive, The nearest vehicle these days would be a dual cab Toyota or Ford Ranger, they are everywhere in Powys. I hope the new Frontera isn't another cuddly Quashqai clone, there are loads of those pretend 4x4s about. I will need to buy a new car this year,, the pricing for the new LR Defender/Discovery is a joke, Land Rover has abandoned the rural market in favour of the moneyed, mothers of Maidenhead. I might take a look in the Subaru dealer next week.

[@ontheroadwithalex_official]

Although I did criticise the Frontera quite a bit in the video, I do have a nostalgic love for those rough and ready old school 4x4’s. As you said, there aren’t really any new equivalents to the old Frontera. I’m guessing the emissions regulations are preventing thirsty diesels and petrols from being built, in favour of small engine capacity PHEV’s. I think green is one of the best colours if not the best colour for the Frontera. It’ll be interesting to see if the Frontera suddenly appreciates in value too. Love the phrase ‘moneyed mothers of Maidenhead’ 😂… might have to reuse that one for myself

[@welshskies]

@@ontheroadwithalex_official Please feel free to make fun of the "mothers of Maidenhead", I'm two hundred miles away and thus relatively safe. I saw a 72 plate Suzuki Jimny this afternoon, I just wish it was 50% bigger. Dacia Dusters are very popular and well regarded, the Dacia Jogger looks interesting too, both cars fitted with all weather tyres maybe what I'm looking for if the ground clearance is good enough. I think it is sad that car designers are prioritising touch screens, Apple CarPlay and satnav over rubber mats, sump guards and good ground clearance. An electric car that can wade through 600mm of flood water, cope with a handful of children and Labradors and yet cost less than £30k would be perfect. I don't need metallic paint or tinted windows.

[@ontheroadwithalex_official]

The Dacia Duster or Subaru Crosstrek could be good ‘go anywhere’ cars. From what I’ve heard, they both have a nice ride quality too. The Skoda Karoq could be an alternative in 4x4 guise. It has a sturdy, spacious interior and drives nicely, but off road credentials such as ride height aren’t the best.

[@arthurwoodman8676]

The new frontera is fwd

[@arthurwoodman8676]

It has no reminisce of the frontera, its simply not a frontera

[@boughrietmohamed9411]

Frontera ce le nom plus la voiture de l'époque et la marquer. Opel. GM ce fini 😊

[@arthurwoodman8676]

People who said the old frontera was terrible were not using the car what it was designed for. They drive it round town when the car is in its element driving off road in rural countryside environment, not around towns and cities (mind you with the number of potholes, you need a 4x4). So the old frontera was very good for what it was designed for and still had its place, if not more now, seeing that all newer cars are carbon copy Niros, older true SUVs will keep their price. I bought a suzuki Jimmy and completely expected the road ride to be bad and the off road capability to be excellent. Its like reviewing a pair of boots and saying they terrible footwear while walking in town. The new frontera will be terrible at offroad even as its being sold as a rugged go anywhere car while carrying the fronteras name and compared to the older ones it will be better on road but will have no offroad ability, thus take the U out of SUV and it has a smaller engine so clearly no sport, so it's just a V, boring uninteresting Vehicle.

[@ontheroadwithalex_official]

I guess Vauxhall is just catering to its audience. By offering it as a PHEV and EV, it can entice company car owners too. I don’t think Vauxhalls able to add all the off-road kit for a competitive price like the Dacia Duster. It would be nice if Vauxhalls offered it in this format with a big diesel and off-road kit (that way it could really live up to the Frontera name) However, I don’t think they’d sell many of these in this format, especially as Vauxhall themselves haven’t got a massive desirability