Lada Niva.

In Australia, one only has to search for Suzuki Stockman to find the same beaten to death madness. By Christ...they were terribly and effectively awful. Outstanding as off roader but you could never travel anywhere in them and expect to arrive refreshed and comfortable. They made the Sierra/Samurai that came after…

America! Fuck ye-.....[blink]...what?

Some housemates and I decided one night after a few beers that one of our vehicles (a short wheelbase Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45) would be much better without a roof.

It may have been the first modern minivan in North America but not necessarily the rest of the world. The first Mitsubishi Chariot/Nimbus launched in 1983 for example...

Probably because it was to ‘grabby’ with all the bumping around. Seat belt lock just keeps grabbing you and pounding you into the seat...some people don’t like that.

Surely you meant “This article was so fucking stupid my intelligence is basically bleeding out now.”? 

The only worry I have about Jeep is if they are stupid enough to follow Land Rover’s lead into a future of bloated luxury all wheel drive indifference.

Starred and responded to because a sausage sizzle is what anyone needs to get out of the greys.

With those portals hubs I could own every speed hump and gutter bump in the Bunnings carpark...and I’d never have to fall or stoop into my Mercedes driver’s seat ever again. Oh Mercedes-Benz, you earned your practical engineering badge with this one...

Rubbish! You’ll walk just fine. They make very good artificial legs these days...

Seems to me then that they are perfectly qualified as automotive bloggers...only they earned their qualifications from some other university than your good self.

Current Oz spec Toyota Hiace rates 4 stars on ANCAP with 9.5 points out of a possible 16 for frontal offset at 64 km/h

I’m not quite so enthusiastic. They are a good dual cab no doubt but the previous generation one I was driving last week had only 85,000 km on it and it rattled like hell on the dirt. Dust sealing wasn’t fab.

Yeah but the Navara comes with the same engine and suspension, payload and towing capacity as the base X-Class but doesn’t come with the Mercedes Tax.

They were/are called Sonata down this way. Also known as ‘Automotive Elevator Music’.

Please keep testing, Volvo. In the meantime, we can always eat the failures. Can’t do that with your average pedestrian. 

Fully hopped on that one. Now can you please hold my beer?

Having hit way too many ‘roos with motorised vehicles in my time...this is ludicrously unlikely.

Much much much closer to the source...