“The ‘fill-in-the-blank’ is also a pig to maintain. Parts and labor costs put them out of the running as used vehicle choices.”
That could be said about all new vehicles.
The older Land Rovers are basically agricultural vehicles. The hub services tools are the same as International Scouts. I’ll take a small body Range Rover/Land Rover any day over the huge American trucks that splash ‘4x4’ over the side but never hit the trail.
What do you see off-road? Rovers, Scouts, Toyota’s, Jeeps.
Exactly. That was back when a 4WD was a 4WD. My uncle had one. A tough 4WD.
However, modern Rovers...
Don’t Rovers cost more initially? They always seemed to be more expensive.
“The older Land Rovers are basically agricultural vehicles.”
....that’s true, as were the post WWII Jeeps...basically, a rugged reliable tool for the countryside...the early civilian Jeeps even had a PTO take off shaft like a tractor...with it you could run a fair sized generator...you can’t wear those old models out...remember how Reagan loved his old Jeep at his ranch?...same with Queen Elizabeth...you see her photographed rambling around her Scottish estate in an old Range rover...she refuses to get a new one.