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Yes. I have been on the road for 8 years in Africa, the Americas and Europe and I have never met an Overlander with comprehensive insurance. We only buy the locally mandated third party liability insurance in each country.

I know that you are a LR fan or perhaps a marketing rep. But now you must be joking when you claim that the Defender was way more reliable than a Landcruiser or a 70 series Toyota. I don't own a Toyota and have no plans to buy one. But I worked as a senior executive in the mining business for...

On your trip to Argentina you will mostly have paved roads very often with huge potholes with sharp edges. If the roads are unpaved, and a few thousand miles are, they have rocks, washed out parts and corrugated. You will hate corrugated once you have explored the Puna. You may encounter mud in...

Sounds good. It is always easier and more fun to explore a country with a locally licenced truck because you attract far less attention. I have 2 RVs on 2 continents and this is not unusual. I know somebody with 4. If it is legally possible why not. The only suggestion I have is to use sheet...

Sure, I can elaborate. During the last 8 years I spent about 4 to 5 months every year traveling through Africa and Latin America. On those trips I met quite a few travelers with Defenders and not a single one with a Range Rover. Especially in Africa I saw Defenders as safari vehicles, ambulaces...

By the looks of it this is going to be a rugged looking SUV for the outdoorsy soccer mom. It doesn't look like a workhorse for use in 3rd world countries or for expeditions like the Series 78/79 Landcruisers.

I just finished a trip to Ushuaia. Took me a few years. I would suggest AT s with the highest load rating you can find. I had Goodrich and was not satisfied. They wear very quickly. Use a common size you can find in Latin America. You won't make it down and back on one set.

As I Thought, it is definitely different from the European AWD. which is integrated in the manual gearbox. Lifts and a low range should be easier because it is a bolt on solution.