Bah... go buy a Land Cruiser... I've got a 95' w/ " mods " and it goes everywhere... I had it literally all over Moab this summer, with a brief stop-over in Colorado on the Rubicon.

But seriously... Xterra's are impressive in their own right and their own price bracket. I spent the same amount of $$$ on my LC that my better half did on her old Xterra. She got a warranty and a new car... I wheel w/ the guys here in NC all the time and they're a great bunch of guys. A lot better IMHO than some of the Toyota guys I've run into. Don't get me wrong... for the most part they're great, but then you run into the $$$ guys who think $$$=driving ability.

Go w/ the Xterra... like it's been said before... IT's the only truck-based Japanese SUV that can be had to $20k or so.

Jason