This story came up on various LR forums that I'm on, also various G wagon forums that I'm also on.
Concensus was; if the Germans can keep the "G" looking like the "G" but with airbags, and other safety stuff, why the hell can't LR pull their stubby thumbs out of their ar$es and do the same.
The engine, as mentioned above, is the transit duratorque, so that's clean enough emissions wise. OK so the defender is hand built... as is the G. costs of the G are a lot higher than a defender, but you get what you pay for... decent paint job, a gearbox not made of cheese, an autobox option, and doors that don't leak! heck I'd pay twice the price for a defender if I got that lot.
Needless to say, I'm about to sell my 90 laning toy to fund another project..... project-G.
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