Lexus RX400h - plenty about for £8-9K - there are little or no known battery pack failures - so I wouldn't worry about the age of the car - as long as the inverter recall has been done (any dealer will check for you in seconds) you shouldn't have any problems - the car has the performance of a petrol Range Rover with the economy of the diesel. The air intake is at bonnet height so should cope with wading at reasonable depths without ingesting water.

There were a handful of US made RX400hs when the battery tray wasn't sealed properly and wading could cause water to seep into the battery pack area (write off!) but this shouldn't be a problem with European models.

Landcruiser 3 door would be a 90 series (i own a 5 door) or a very rare early 120 series, even more rare in petrol form, unless you have a jolly good poke nose on TradeCarView with a view to personal grey import, TBH the 5 door isn't that much bigger and they do have dedent truning circles...either way the fuel tank on 90/120 is where you want to site the LPG tank, so its a new smaller fuel tank and LPG bomb beside it, expensive conversion, unless you're prepared to have the bomb in the boot, not for me either.

I would however disagree with the Landcruiser not being a motorway machine, despite its age our 2000 petrol version is high geared and will cruise easily, stable and very comfortably at motorway speeds or higher...@ 4k miles a year it would make a decent choice...have you tried a petrol auto LC, you might be surprised how fast it is and how quickly it can be hustled on twisty roads, it shakes a few on the traffic light sprint when she ups her skirt and goes, 120 gets the 4.0 V6 which is faster still.

Anyway, i'm not sure about wading depth but Lexus RX300 might be an option, regular LPG convert too.

edit, coo i didn't realise RX400h's had come down to that price...off to peruse Ebay...

Smaller but nicer drive, Subaru Outback or Forester, wading height won't be up to Landcruiser standards, but very capable, we have a 2002 H6 Outback running on LPG and its been a brilliant car, handling especially wet road handling is superb.

Edited by gordonbennet on 11/10/2015 at 17:30

"So what is there? Local VW Tiguan dealer said 2 percent of sales are petrol!"

It's just possible that that may change in the months to come....

A Skoda Yeti is quite a bit higher off the ground than a 'normal' car - the Lexus soiunds a good idea but you'll get a newer Yeti for your budget.