Scooby and VW my vote. We are down to a half dozen well worn motors, but the car I am driving almost all the time is the Legacy shiteheap.
It can't get up a couple of the tracks I need to pass with the barely 6 inch clearance but there is a way round that works. Apart from that it is as fast as I can drive on every road, and that is saving me time on the Pajero every day.
Once the nasty weather hits, if it does, we will revert to the 'proper' 4x4s, but you can bounce over stuff the heavier gear tries to plough through with these things, and my outlay of half a grand means I don't give a swing when I stuff it!