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Not sure if anyone has heard anything, but is JLR still planning on only offering Air Suspension and not Coils in North American Defenders? I seem to recall they were hard on that about 8-12 months back but...well, a lot has changed in the last 12 months! Interesting article -- a 130 is a neat...

That makes total sense. One of the reasons I love the Wrangler platform is how useful it is at a moderate size. It's an imminently usable vehicle anywhere in the world; there's an amusing (but true) example from one of the Grand Tour episodes with Hammond in a full-size truck having all sorts of...

This is one of the coolest projects I've seen in a while. I think you are spot on with that engine choice, though that Cummins crate motor is a heck of a tool. For a while, people were having success with some brand new Isuzu tractor motors that were cheap as chips for a while but I don't think...

100% agreed with you. It’s actually quite disheartening—- I mean, someone has to come last in these things but it would be great if it was an automaker who pumped out stuff I didn’t like :D I think your 3-5 year timeline is pretty spot on, too.

@T-Willy great post. Many people are looking at these reliability ratings all wrong. What we have here is a good news story -- JLR has consistently held their place year over year in the reliability standings. Look at all those other car companies, moving around in the standings all over the...

Some more news from Grenadier this morning; Episode 7 of their "Building the Grenadier" series. I had hoped that this one would be about the interior but it seems to be more focused on production:

Thank you - I actually like it better on the Canyons than I do on the Colorados (but I might be a bit biased). I like how the lights fill out the bar hoops as compared to the Colorado where you see the flash of red bumper at the bottom. The Colorado lights also wrap around the edge of the hood a...

A bit more done on the front bumper, mounted up the winch and the lights. Tomorrow I’ll wire everything in and bolt on the skids. Here’s a few notes in case anyone else is wondering about the process: ARB Instructions: I read them over a dozen times or so until I could understand all the...

Well it’s been an eventful couple of years and I’ve not had the bandwidth and time to continue this build but today that changed. I’ve posted elsewhere on Expo my reasons for going the route I did but the short version: I pulled all the plastics off my truck with the intention of building a...

Totally fair critiques! I do think the vehicle is more complicated than it needs to be so I agree the vehicle should be easier to figure out and it should be more intuitive. The info in the review is suggesting that the only way to adjust off-road modes is by navigating through complex menus...

Hmm....I have some questions about the ways in which FourWheeler assessed these rigs. I'm not criticizing what you shared, JeepColoardo (and thank you for posting it), but the write up itself seems to have quite a few errors and issues that make me raise an eyebrow. I'm not sure that this...

I've run through the same technical analysis on steel versus aluminum, for similar reasons. I'm not building an entire camper box replacement but I am doing my own shell and rack system (so far). The other thing I ran across in my research into this that I think is worthy of consideration is the...

Not sure if anyone listens to the Overland Journal Podcast (and if not I recommend you do as it’s quite good) but they have a good overview of the Namibia trip with the New Defender, its episode 15. Direct link to the episode for iPhone users

TFL Off Road video showing the Defender vs the FJ; of note I have in the past wondered about the terrain TFL uses as "off road" — I’ve critiqued it for being ‘too easy’ — but a jeep Cherokee comes along in this vid and shows that the track is not as easy as the camera makes it look. I stand at...

.....starting to lose patience? How much did you have to begin with? :D I am just kidding Soflorovers, but I'm not sure I have the patience to tolerate paying full price for a new one based only on reputation, and I have never worked for them and seen that many problems first hand. Can you teach...

On the other hand, consider the energy it would take to crumple a vehicle like the New Defender (which we know can get a few feet of air and not be worse for wear) like that, and the fact that the fella driving it survived with apparently only 66 stitches. I can always buy a new, New Defender...

Great article. I especially liked this: I'm sure I've done unnecessary wear and tear on some of my older vehicle's transmissions either rocking as described or towing heavy loads. The warning is a nice feature and it's one of those features that has a direct connection to reliability that is...

Fair point - the growing pains will be much reduced by the 2022 model year so I think you're right. Couple that with all the trouble you had (I think it was you?) finding a new one with the locker, I imagine the ones on the used car lots will mostly be the same locker-less models and thus less...

That's fantastic news for the used market in a couple of years too as many of those will likely be purchased by folks who want the latest, greatest thing and will trade up to the next latest greatest when the time comes.

I can't speak for everyone but when I was offered glass coverage, it was only a couple bucks extra a month in terms of premium, but I would have to pay my deductible annually. Since my screen was only $300 and my deductible was $500, it would only be useful if I went through two screens in a...