We had a L200 doublecab (2003) and after abusing it on south american roads one side of the the chassis broke in 2 (just above the rear wheel). Heard more stories of broken L200 chassis too. For the rest the L200 was a good car, just be careful how to load it, not too much weight to the rear. Our problems is surely whe have a 500 kg camperunit (although quite small,floor 2 m long, so still sticking 50 cm out)
Have a Ranger doublecab now with the same unit and have done another 35000 south american km without problems. The longer wheelbase guarantees a better weightdistribution.
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