HI I admit I am a landrover fan but I did not buy the new 70 series V8 because it has a reputation here in NZ of chewing the engines and gearboxes ( a mining company has had to replaqe 5 out of 10 engines in less than 15 months)and it was only 5 seats
THey area good product and deserve their reputation but will break just like anything else when pushed espically when drive Africian style!!! or Mayalasian style where I have seen them fall apart!!!!! ( not be used correctly, overloaded etc which is a common theme in the third world)
all vechiles will break when pushed I quote from an Africain guy who has experience:
"A lot of my clients have had huge hassles with modern Nissans, Toyotas, and Mitsubishis. One client in Gabon has been running a fleet of Nissan Patrols, and they are getting a maximum of two years life out of them before they need replacing as they become too unreliable. When they used the old diesel Landcruiser pickups, their replacement time was over 5 years.

Mitsubishi pickups in the Gambia last less than 18 months, but then there's NO preventative maintenance done on them, and the level of maintenance is "dodgy" at best.

Diesel quality is also a serious issue. My clients in Kolwezi, Congo have to transport their diesel by road from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania because the diesel available in the Congo screws up their fancy computerised Landcruisers."