Thread: Replace a Defender with what?

G-Wagen Professional.

Unfortunately the cost of entry is eye watering.

70 series landcruiser! Has a 5 star ancap rating too.

I'd probably disagree with the assessment of the Disco (3 or 4) having taken mine everywhere over about 7 years of life and never damaged anything underneath, although it did have a few bruises after 270,000km. Seats fold flat making a good work storage space but I'm not so sure about the Disco 5 given the current lack of aftermarket equipment for it.

200 series cruiser maybe?

Ranger extended cab ( rather than a dual cab) there is quite a large amount of off the shelf upgrades available in the way of protection equipment, same with an extended cab Hilux.

or go cheap and cheerful with a Triton or a Mahindra and turn them over every 12 months or so. A second hand Triton seems to drop around $10 K with 100,000 KM on it and a couple of years old.

Regards,
Tote

G-Professional pricing is not ridiculous when you look at what is standard on them, and the costs to option up a 70 series Landcruiser to similar spec.
- Centre, front & rear diff locks standard.
- Hayman Reece type receiver tow bar standard.
- Dual battery standard.
- Switchable 12-24 volt electrics standard.
- Winch wiring & mounting position standard.
- Bullbar, standard.
- Raised air intake, standard.

The "invincible" defender is not very invincible at all.

It can be very easily replaced by a dozen vehicles on the market.

I know someone here is going to ask me which......do your own homework.

Not much difference in any of the model on the market.

Re: excessively venerable to damage underneath.....look how venerable the defender steering components are and it’s not good for any car hitting stumps. I would say any of the ute on offer with a 50mm lift puts it in the same category as a defender for damage.

Re: electrical bits.......from memory the BT and Hi-luxs we run don’t have cables hanging down waiting to be ripped off.

Re: off road performance, they are all much the same, traction control, rear locker, limited slip diff

Re: operating costs.....the cars we run are hassle free, haven’t broken down and are good on fuel

I think he needs to take his blinkers off.........way more companies ‘99%’ out there operating quite fine with what’s on the market.

The Marindra probably has the highest searing position apart from a cruiser.

I know a brickie in WA that runs a fleet of great wall utes, replaces them every 12 months
cheers
blaze

I have not looked at the market, but how many of those suggested come with a full length hardtop? Not a dual cab, not an extended cab, but two metres or more or space open to the driving position, but secure and weatherproof.

He has been operating the Defenders for a number of years, and is familiar with them.

A lot of users drive on a lot of tracks and find a lot of vehicles are competent with it. Few, however, use them in an activity that requires routing cross country driving not on tracks - the ploughed paddocks are the easy bits, scrub covered grazing country less so.

G-wagon is probably close, but as commented, they are not cheap - and do they make a lwb hardtop?