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It's also because there's brake-based regeneration for the MHEV system. Tow rating on these D7 platform Land Rovers are limited more by emissions than they are by strength or stability.

Those issues were all user error.

Yeah, thanks for nothing, Volkswagen. Ironically, Volkswagen basically subsidized by D5 Td6 by about 50% with their buyback of my 7-year-old, 110,000+ mile Touareg TDI for close to $30K. Was literally an offer I couldn't refuse - otherwise I'd probably still be in it, and probably looking at...

I have to believe the Defender is quite a bit less aerodynamic than the Disco too. That frontal area is one giant slab, never mind the rack and whatever you put on top of it. The MHEV likely helps most on takeoff and acceleration where the bulk of your fuel burn happens. Just imagine how good...

Yeah, advertising and market positioning and all that only works when the audience doesn't know it's happening to them, or when the audience already wants what you're selling and is just looking for justification for their own desires. Jerry Seinfeld put it best. But bottom line you're going...

If you've been in and driven both, there's a lot more than that. The D5 has an actual, usable third row if you want it, and its offroad geometry is different, particularly in approach and departure, and the Defender has a more capable air suspension system, among other things. Here is how Land...

The Mirai is a compliance car that is useless for anything other than fleet vehicles with dedicated filling stations - early adopters are dumping them. Long way to go on EV charging infrastructure also, as most high density housing and workplaces don't yet offer them, but for homeowners, a home...

Yeah, as expected the 130 is all rear overhang. Should be a good overland rig, if they would bring the D300 to the States, which they won't. And the V8 in this config will push this to well over $100K off the lot. But...if this is the platform they bring the shortbed pickup on, that would be...

Long way from hydrogen as a viable fuel source. True regarding combustion, good catch. There are some who believe hydrogen combustion engines are simply a tank and line swap away from green energy, and would be a bridge to HFCEVs, and that's just not the case, but shouldn't conflate HFCEV with...

Hydrogen is a pipe dream. - Despite the claims, real-world FCEVs are significant emitters of oxides of nitrogen because atmospheric air, which is what the FCEV takes in to react with the pure hydrogen, is mostly nitrogen. Oxygen likes Hydrogen better, but unless there's a significant excess of...

Mawgie, if you can find a 2018/2019 CPO with a warranty in the low to mid 40's right now, that's pretty good. Mine is a 2017 HSE Td6 and it's currently appraising for ~$47K private sale (MSRP was ~$68K before dealer-side add-ons and tax), but things like Capability Package, heated seats/steering...

Depends on the vehicle. Land Rovers, yes - sort of. Still can't order a Defender with the P400 engine with 18" steel wheels and coils from the factory. I built my D5, but there were things I couldn't get - for example, I couldn't order a rear locker without specifying the 7-seat option, which...

Price wise it's about $10-12K more than a sufficiently-equipped new Defender 110, and yes, it has all those things (not sure about massage seats), but I don't think that's the main concern of some vs the Defender. mechanically it is what it was ~25 years ago.

I am indeed referring to the LC200. I would agree it was massively over-priced for a 12-year-old vehicle, but if you set the price aside and look at the equipment, it's precisely what @onemanarmy is looking for: naturally aspirated V8, body on frame, solid rear axle, 18inch wheels, locking...

The biggest differences: the LR4 is much heavier (about 600lbs), and at least in the US it never had the driving dynamics aids the new Defender does. I own a D5, and have test-driven the D5, RRS, and new Defender back to back. The RRS is much more akin to a Porsche Cayenne, the Defender does...

Yeah, because Jeeps don't have any ECUs or fancy E-lectronic giz-whangs. @onemanarmy just doesn't understand what it takes to build and certify vehicles today. Even the Land Cruiser is gone from US shores now, and that was basically only what you need, and nothing you don't. Recall we had a...

I never had any rubbing on my 275/55-20's except a very tiny bit on the wheel well liner at full lock at access height, like if I was in a parking garage and had to keep it locked. Otherwise was never an issue.

Don't bother, he doesn't care.

Mine has 47,000 miles on it, has been rock solid. One issue that required software update to fix but never would have stranded me, and an RF module for the keyless start that took the dealer less than an hour to fix, also wouldn't strand me. 33" AT tires - not even very aggressive ones - and it...

Sounds like the Pikes Peak pea gravel around COS. I've ridden Monarch Crest and it's fantastic - took the Greens Creek descent as when I rode in early September (2010...) there were some showers starting to roll in unexpectedly and we didn't want to stay on the ridge. Fantastic trail...want to...