If your worried about fuel then,don't even bother looking at 4x4, I have had a jimny now since April and it's brilliant ( fuel is the last thing on my mind) the car goes anywhere & loads of room in the back with the seats removed and boarded out ( properly) .Had the grand vitara before,again brilliant but after I got the chance to drive a friends jimny( bog standard) in the rough,I went and bought one that same day.