Vauxhall Frontera & SsangYong Musso - Top Gear 1995

Vauxhall Frontera & SsangYong Musso - Top Gear 1995

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[nboy]

My dad was one of a few people that bought the 320EL Musso, it was a great car, lots of power and it gave the road car SUV experience before many of the big manufacturers.

[VDPEFi]

The musso was under rated in western Europe etc, turned in to quite a nice and very capable vehicle, if only the interior had been a bit better. The immobiliser nonsense required in the UK at least made it feel very aftermarket and the lack of airbags was a serious omission when launched. My dad test drove one and liked it but bought a year old range rover instead

[georgehuser]

I have pretty much same frontera. 1996 model. Just without the sunroof and in black metallic. It's surprisingly still going strong.

[mickyd]

I daily drive my 1997 frontera and love it

[darrenwilson]

farmer near me still has a mid 90's Musso as a farm hack - rotten as a ripe pear it never goes on road any more but holds lambs and hay bales with aplomb. His "daily" is an 8 year old Duster 4x4 Access - rubber mats and minimum equipment because they are practical up here - the Chelsea tractor set don't understand country folk don't have - and if they did they wouldn't - spend £80k on a 4x4

[woodrow_mayes]

Thank you for such rare content, 1000 Internets to you sir!

[davidlister]

He was right about those bull-bars on the Frontera, and in actual fact they were soon outlawed around this time on road cars for the very reasons he said why he didn't like them

[nicholaskennedy]

My dad had a frontera sport 3 door model in 2007-2008. Suspension was so hard I literally would have flown onto the dashboard if I didn't wear my seatbelt. Then the drivers door fell off just before he sold it.

[mustsilm]

You really going to switch those hubs locks after offroad mudding with your hands?

[mortensenvick]

When 3.2 V6 was introduced in UK? I heard there was a country where the 3.2 v6 220hp was available in 1994 already, but i m not sure where it is or if its untrue

[liamdownes]

I learned to drive in a Frontera so I’ll always love them. It was a ‘96 five door in metallic
Blue. It took my family including dog from England to the south of France where we moved to. My dad then used it as a builders vehicle cause once those seats are down you could get a Mini Cooper in the back! One day the turbo broke but it decided to mend itself
About 2 years later; no idea how! Eventually had to scrap it :(

[RJLightning]

Just be lucky Joe Isuzu wasn't there to advertise the Frontera lol

[WhuDhat]

that frontera looks like the isuzu rodeo we got in the colonies

[bfapple]

Didn’t realise the SsangYong brand had existed that long.

[craigmccarthy]

Mercedes benz engine in ssasong Yong run for year's

[MrTipperX]

Goffey really is a bit if a tosser. Legend has it that Alan Partridge was inspired by him.