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From your level of satisfaction with your TD5, I would go with that.
It's a vehicle that you already own, and you know it well presumably.

Your post is mildly interesting; it's nature is as per:-

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Comments and Questions on what is the best bike for YOU, for YOUR trip. Note that we believe that ANY bike will do, so please remember that it's all down to PERSONAL OPINION." --- abstracted from the sub-forum within here.

But such a subbie forum doesn't appear herein; it's mildly of interest to me because I asked a quite similar series of questions perhaps a couple of years ago but without naming such a range of specific vehicles.
Somewhere in here, probably in the new subbie for "light vehicles", there is discussion of the Freelander for instance.
A search of that key word should find that if it is of interest.
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Yeah why not just take your TD5? You are familiar with it and seem pretty content with it's abilities and performance.

If I was doing that journey I'd go with a Patrol 3.0Di or a Landcruiser 4.2TD, but since you mentioned a smaller vehicle, I'd probably go with (nobody laugh) the Suzuki Vitara, had a three door V6 one years ago, was a proper dog of a car that I basically used as a pub/train station car, was great offroad and in the snow, I didn't really look after it properly and nothing ever broke.

My experiences with Pajero might be sort of relevant as I've used them here in the UAE and they are pretty woeful in the desert, the gearing seems wrong for sand driving and the engine isn't responsive enough or have enough torque for the job but that may be down to the crap engines they import them with here, I guess in Europe you'd get a decent modern turbo diesel.
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I see your point about my td5 but the problem is my wife needs it we now have 4 kids and 2 dogs so she needs it when I'm away,Plus it's just me so I don't need such a big battle bus.
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I see your point about my td5 but the problem is my wife needs it we now have 4 kids and 2 dogs so she needs it when I'm away,Plus it's just me so I don't need such a big battle bus.
Ah yes! That is very different and your points about the TD5 become irrelevant -------- you want, or need, a second vehicle.
Perhaps a people carrier/SUV type road-goer for the wife, kids and dogs while you retain hold of the TD5?

I know your conumdrum quite well and it does come down to having a baseline of vehicles (in my case both 2 and 4 wheels) for various purposes.
Defining the range of purposes can be a tad problematical though.
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Exactly, The thing is we all love Overlandingand the td5 is great with the 7 forward facing seats of wich we use 6 so still have some load space So we will be keeping it I just want somthing small for lone adventures.
I have been looking at pick ups as well we used them in Namibia for two months it was a Nissan it was O.K a bit under powered but it did the job.
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The first thing Id be thinking is 'Which vehicle do I NOT want to drive across Europe twice - 1500 miles each way'

From that Id discount the Series Land Rover and the Lada Niva

As for the Freelander, not bad, ok on the motorways, but the lack of ground clearance will limit where you can get to, after that, the rest are not too different, Id figure out which cruises on the motorways the quietest and returns the best fuel consumption, Id say the Pajero or Patrol would be the nicest to drive across Europe out of your list, but as the guys mention the Patrol is a bit of a dog in sand, but the majority of Morocco pistes are gravel/rocky, unless you head South.

A Vitara would be a lot of fun and cheap to do the trip and with a set of mud terrains surprisingly capable, how about a Hilux too ? as later model as you can afford with a 5 speed box......
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How about a landcruiser 90 Prado SWB? Hilux Surf? go pretty cheap now
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