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I can respect it, certainly. But since Scott included so many old Toyotas, why didn't he also include the L462 Land Rover Discovery 5? It is more different from the Defender than the GX is from the LC200, and has at least as much aftermarket support as the Defender, if not more due to being...

Thats OK, I don't use Facebook. I'm glad I don't.

Yes, it's on their Insta account.

It's a self-healing wrap like a smartphone screen protector...curious how durable they'll be in high altitude sun, but perhaps a good investment if you tend to get veggie pinstripes where you offroad, or you drive where they drop pea gravel on the roads for winter traction as they do here in...

True. Jaguar will be 100% electric by 2026 so by sales volume alone that would get them close to that 60% metric. That will also give them their own credits that will offset things like the V8 Defender. My guess is the Range Rover line will go electric first, Defender and Discovery will offer...

Defender 130 on the way...soon. Maybe a pickup to follow? https://www.motor1.com/news/492431/land-rover-defender-130-officially-confirmed/amp/

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/02/26/land-rover-defender-v8-2022-price/ Over $100k base for the V8 110. So definitely a G-Wagen competitor, at least in the US.

Throught the hard top was also without the rear side windows, aka the "Commercial" variant?

Are MOT taxes still based on a combination of displacement and rated CO2 emissions?

Wat? That basic engine architecture is ancient, almost as old as the Audi 4.2 V8 block. Those development costs are long paid for. The emissions and transmission pairing is probably more like tuning the computers for the Defender (hence the numerous Nurburgring runs it had) rather than real...

Keep in mind hardly anyone posts public reviews of things on review aggregator sites unless something is wrong, or they're asked to post their positive experiences, because if something is working well, why bother? Tesla zealots are perhaps an exception. Furthermore, the problem reports by a...

I think the correct interpretation of this event is, a mentally ill and drug addicted criminal almost got himself killed by a cop for pointing a stolen firearm at a police officer who was in the process of responding to an earlier attempted violent crime, and who was now in the process of...

True, non-stainless steel will flake if it starts to rust, and then it will take whatever is on top of it.

What kind of paint did you use? In my experience, all paint will eventually chip, and then it will peel. Did you look at powdercoating? A friend of mine bought a cheap, old electric oven for a hundred bucks and powder coated his own wheels for his race car. I will say the back steelies...

They're also adding an 8-speed ZF trans, and other modern-vehicle accoutrements. "Rich man's plaything" indeed - isn't that what low-volume factory spec racers are anyway? I believe LR is planning a series of owner invite-only "events" recalling the Camel Trophy for these vehicles, but...

For only 25 of them, which will be used in a competition environment...this is effectively a factory spec racing league, so in that respect that's about what those kinds of things cost...

What happened here was that we all saw what happens when you have a tug of war on deep wet grass. Tug of wars are all about traction, especially on deep wet grass. Traction starts at the tire to ground interface - the Jeep had the advantage there big time because of it's 'knobbly' tires. They...

F or C? -30F is a different story.

I have been through a CS chamber as part of pre-deployment training years ago. The old, 'remove your mask and recite your service number' bit - cheated a little and took a big breath before I took off my mask, but it didn't matter. That stuff crawls up your nose, in through your ears, around...

Certainly much easier than getting out, locking hubs, manually disconnecting sway bars, adjusting spring rates on springs, and so on. How many people under 40 "just know" how to do that today?