Landcruiser would definitely be my choice of off road vehicle whether Diesel or Gas... that then A Diahatsu Rocky Diesel.. that thing went everywhere
TDI Touraeg (sp?) are awesome. Over on Bimmer forums a guy with a TT RX-7 posted about how a tuned VW SUV smoked the crap out of his car both from the lights and frumrolls. Tuned V10 TDI > Tuned TT Rotary
TDI is ftw, especially over in the Euro market... well look at the new TDI Subaru even....YES PLEASE!