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Tombie
Currently fuel tank is 90l - can see it ratchet strapped in place. No spec on final size yet.
Seating room is spacious- it’s wide - like D4 wide - and the leg room is insanely good.
Rear passenger leg room is double a D4, with front seats fully back there’s still a good 8-10” of space to back of seat. At that point the front passenger struggles to reach the grab bar on the dash.
Handling - so far seems nice. Soaked up tracks and articulation as expected is very compliant.
Does it go… hell yes! And given it’s a prototype was quite quiet under mechanical demand. The 8 speed is well tuned and was flawless.
Interior is Untrimmed in prototype, has some nice features like quick connect mounts for cargo barriers/nets etc and tied down rails in the rear are great.
Roof can hold 200kg without a rack - using the side rails to lash to.
Underbody quite well protected. Lots of evidence of testing still holding up well.
Back doors squeaked like the old split troopy, I’m told they’ve upgraded the locks and hinges on the commercial units. Split door looks odd but would be handy for throwing in those smaller items quickly.
Essentially everything the new Defender could have been bar the EAS, LR should have developed the D4 chassis for next defender use.
MY08 TDV6 SE D3- permagrin ooh yeah
2004 Jayco Freedom tin tent
1998 Triumph Daytona T595
1974 VW Kombi bus
1958 Holden FC special sedan
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