I would recommend it, my dad swapped in his evo 8 for one and has never looked back! It's a facelifted version, late 2002, bonatti grey ~ B)
Just returned from a 700-mile round trip from Scotland and it never missed a beat. Was perfect, returned 30MPG, even with all the big hills, kept a steady 70MPH on the twisty roads, reasonably quiet and VERY comfortable. It's getting taken off-road soon
It's a non-ACE truck but it feels feels very solid, and stable throught the corners, and the only person I know with one that's got ACE had problems with the system! Mine's a manual, which is just as relaxing as the auto, but with better fuel consumption and a lil extra oomph when you need it at junctions and the like...although he hankered for an auto at first.
My advice is that it's a practical, comfortable and very capable Landy that is reliable and best of all reasonably cheap to run, compared to an evo at least..
The earlier ones represent the best value for money, too.