I've had 4 Mazda b2000's and apart from my latest one they've all had standard running gear and I've never had anything break or let me down. A mate of mine has just bought a 2001 double cab 2wd ranger for a project which has done 240,000 miles and still pulls like a train.

My latest , no longer has the über reliable Mazda engine , instead it has a crap fragile rover v8 .