Thread: Land Rover, which one is best?- Your Opinion?

Steve, you seem a little confused.....

Best Landrover......

The one you get to sit in on a regular basis!!!

Question over.....

(Although we all truly know its a 2001 Tombraider Edition Defender, with lots of bits)

My one steve! Best Disco I've ever driven every day. In fact the best Land Rover in my street.

(But I did like my Bronco).

GQ

good call both of you.
I was just hoping to stir it up a bit.

Hmm Tombraider Defenders are nice though eh

Originally Posted by downundersteve

good call both of you.

Hmm Tombraider Defenders are nice though eh

I second that!!!!!

To answer a question like that you have to define "best", and one man's best is not the same as another's.
You could make a good case for the 80" Series 1, as its small size and light weight enabled it to go places that later models can not go.
As you are talking about offroad, clearly the only ones that would qualify are those that you can hose out, effectively counting out a lot of later models.
If you look at the power plant, quite clearly for offroad use the best all round engine ever fitted was the 4BD1.
This leads to the conclusion that the "best" would have to be either the Stage 1 with this engine or the 110. I tend to favour the 110 because of the more compliant suspension, probably the military Perentie 4x4 variant. Later variants of the 90/110 miss out because they have a more complex, less reliable and less durable engine, together with backward steps such as the lack of galvanising on body capping and grease lubricated wheel bearings. The 90 misses out because this engine was never fitted to it, although a 90 with this engine would be hard to beat. But the 90 has always been extremely rare in this country, probably ultimately because it cannot carry the loads Australians feel they need to lug round with them.
John

D3 TDV6 Auto

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Yes

4BD1 that's the one. NOTE: 4 Speed though. Need to educate these people JD

1998 defender 110 2.8 300tdi.

There is no "logical" sense why the 4BD1 was better than the late model 300tdi's. How many armed forces around the world use Defenders? How many of those Defenders are fitted with 4BD1 compared to 300tdi?

I think the 300tdi offer a more drivable, economical and more versatile Defender.