DIFFERENT 4X4 overland options please!!!!

[Gionatill]

Hello everyone.

So my plan is to travel from switzerland through turkey, Iran (if I can get the visa) up the stans to mongolia and from there back through Kazakhstan to the stans that are missing from the way up.

Sounds so easy written down like this!

We planed around 8 month to really take our time and go slow and really enjoy our time. Now to the ride, I want something that I can drive back home after and before the trip that is no going to empty my wallet to much.

These are my top choices in no particular order:

1. Suzuki grand witara 2.0 td (enough space and low ratio more or less good spares) ( not to sure whats bad about it?)

2. Nissan xtrail 2.2 ( seems solid, cheap on Fuel) ( spares and fixing might be a nightmare in the stans)

3. Toyota Hiace ( tons of space, reliable, spares) ( consumption, more time investing in the build)

4. Lada Niva 4x4 ( Simple buil, cheap, spares in Ex soviet) ( Reliability, consumption, 400kg Load capacity)

5. Mitsubishi l400 ( again tons of space, japan reliability) ( not to sure haven't pent to much time looking)

There are plenty more but i had to narrow it down somehow, as for now I'm trending more towards the Suzuki/nissan option with a roof tent and the rest stored below. My budget for the car is around 5-6000€

what do you guys think? what are your top 5 budget 4x4 options Excluding landis and cruisers..

tanke care and I'm interested so hear your opinions and choices..