Teehee...Mate is a buda pest.

4x4s like this are essentially doomed in developed markets where most punters are city based ‘adventurers’ and aren’t prepared to sacrifice their comfort during the 99.5% of the time that they aren’t on holiday...and are therefore commuting.

...new Defender?

So, should we prepare to put the Defender in a bucket with the Jeep Cherokee Nissan Pathfinder and other “rugged” SUVs sacrificed for the sake of “sales?”

Devils on Horseback. An appetiser from my childhood. Reeks of 1970’s Australia. Stuff a date with something savoury then wrap it in bacon, shove a toothpick in it and fry it till crispy...consume with vast quantities a few serves of tinned pilsner or cheap claret. That’s what the adults did anyway...

Cool. Now I can refer to my torque wrench as the ‘Nurpleator’. That is a much more interesting name.

Now imagine if an American bought a diesel Golf GTD demonstrator that had been hooned by Volkswagen...oh wait....never mind.

Braapp. Braaaaaap. Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap. BANG. Buddabuddabuddabudda. Flappaflappaflappa. ThudoofThudoof...thud. Yaaaayyyeahhwooohoooooo.

Oz gets the 6 in a wagon...and the 2 along with all the others you mention. To my mind, this is the new 6 wagon on stilts...lets call it the 6iX.

Neutral: What Do You Want To Hear From Volkswagen?

It might be an older Korean thing but perhaps a noughties Camry/Accord...this is an old Australian ad. These days ANCAP don’t recommend anything less than 5 stars and are quite strident about it. Hence all the safety fruit we get that US cars don’t seem to...one more reason for the price discrepancy.

No matter what...this thing will only be a daily driver if Pebble Beach Concourse or the Woodward Cruise were held every day...

If you are going to fall into the sea then you might as well show your State out in style...

Fortunately, I suspect that the problem has nothing to do with the engine (which is great) but the vehicle’s wiring loom. Methinks something came very loose...

When I tried to rewire the connection between the ignition controller and the distributor on my 1981 Range Rover (but with a 1986 engine). They weren’t playing nice due to a dodgy connection close to the dizzy...and the timing was off. Running but off.

I like the immediate assumption that if we had tails they’d be long and prehensile...however if we wanted to walk upright and have a tail then such a tail would almost certainly not be long and prehensile due to issues of balance. More likely it’d be very short and we’d have very little capacity to control it.

I’m torn between two vehicles in my past...

DETACHABLE MOTOR SCOOTER DETACHABLE MOTOR SCOOTER

121. By Mazda.

I forsee the return (and eventual) domination of the SUMPV