A couple of points. Some of that video would put me off buying a Grenadier. A couple of shots of the Grenadier haring around in circles tearing up the ground put me in mind of a advertisement I saw for a modern SUV car. That was in a field going round tearing things up to show off it's "off road credentials". Fair enough they were letting off steam so I'll park that there.
They seem to do everything at speed including the water on the road. I might not know much about outback driving but I do know about water on roads. They trouble with water on the road is that sometimes it is not always obvious if the water is coming up from a hole in the road or coming from the side or in an extreme case as a few years ago here, whether the road has been completely washed away including the bridge. Besides all of that water hitting your vehicle at speed cannot be good for the vehicle or indeed the driving trying to control it. Last week being a case in point here.
The wiper system seemed good and not flimsy which I like.
During the sand driving I noticed the fuel tank guard (?) at the back had sand draining from it from holes in it. Very good but if that was mud it would clog up.
When the back door was open I notice red dust on the inside of the door seal at the top but none on the inside of the door.
Heading up the sand dune the vehicle dug in but it got there.
Towing the Unimog, well I did something similar with a tractor and a trailer loaded with turf in the early 90's with a 90 turbo diesel. The tractor would not start so I was asked to give it a tow, which I did. The trouble was that once I began towing the tractor and trailer the ground began to shelve downwards until suddenly it was a modest slope. Now heading down a slope with a tractor pulling a loaded trailer with no brakes attached to your 90 is not a pleasant situation to be in. Think Jurassic Park with a T Rex in your rear view mirror but replaced by a battered Zetor tractor and you will have some idea of the situation.
I do not think there was anything in the video that you could not have done in your Defender. The difference being that the Grenadier seems to have it's various components built to a higher standard so should last longer, well that is what we are told.
I like the Grenadier but I do not think they need to pitch the vehicle advertising to the people who just point the vehicle, put the foot down and go. Still they know more about these things than me.
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