Thread: Range Rover V'S Land Cruiser

Originally Posted by hoadie72

The 200 series DOES have a wider track front vs rear

http://www.toyota.com.au/TWR/content/static/47256.pdf

It might only be 5mm but it is wider at the front.

Many vehicles do have a track difference front/rear. What's unusual about the 76 is how large the difference is, hence the comments. It's quite noticeable, but you'd never pick a 5mm difference without very careful measuring.

Originally Posted by rmp

Many vehicles do have a track difference front/rear. What's unusual about the 76 is how large the difference is, hence the comments. It's quite noticeable, but you'd never pick a 5mm difference without very careful measuring.

It's either wider at the front or it isn't. As it turns out, it is so I've cleared that up.

From what I've seen, it's unusual for the front to be wider that the rear, whether 1mm or 50mm. The rear wider than the front is a different matter, especially in sports cars.

not meaning to be rude,
but once again you lot have poured your hearts out to a post from someone that purports to be female, and still has only posted once, with no location.
it may have started from a real question, but it seems to me you lot go in full bore without waiting for a reply, so there is no reason for a reply from the thread poster..

Originally Posted by hoadie72

It's either wider at the front or it isn't. As it turns out, it is so I've cleared that up.

From what I've seen, it's unusual for the front to be wider that the rear, whether 1mm or 50mm. The rear wider than the front is a different matter, especially in sports cars.

Sports cars yes, others types are variable. Unless it's of the magnitude of the 76's difference nobody notices, 5mm on an LC200 is nothing as it's 2.5mm either side on a very wide vehicle.

Nobody said the 200 was the same track f/r, it was more the 76 is so different it stands out and IMHO that doesn't do anything for its already ordinary handling.

Belle,
I am assuming here that you are looking at similar model years in either vehicle?
I would personally go the RR as it has way more character, elegance and style than a LC200. It is also capable driven hard in almost ANY terrain, (So is the LC200 though) and that evening be quite at home being valet parked at the Hilton.

As said, drive both and then you'll know for sure.

JC

Originally Posted by hoadie72

It's either wider at the front or it isn't. As it turns out, it is so I've cleared that up.

From what I've seen, it's unusual for the front to be wider that the rear, whether 1mm or 50mm. The rear wider than the front is a different matter, especially in sports cars.

Actually, race cars should always have a wider front than rear track, otherwise chronic understeer is the result.
Any race car I ever had anything to do with had a wider front track.

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Well personally, I think the LC200 is fantastic, particularly from a D3 sales point of view.

I can’t remember how main times a new D3 owner has rung me to order a Dual Battery kit and I have asked them what they owned before buying the D3.

Obviously, most were already LR fans but quite a few have been tojo owners and a number of these have specifically stated that they were so totally unimpressed with the LC200 that they went looking at other makes

These were all die hard tojo supporters but have had second thoughts about how good the new 200s really are.

Whether the LC200s are as crap as is being posted here is one thing but the LC200s are not making anywhere near as many friends in the toyota camps as one is lead to believe.

And it's not just private buyers coming to this conclusion.

The company that I work with have up until now had either Holdens or Toyotas only as company vehicles. The General Manager of one of the divisions recently came due to replace his Prado. The big boss told him to go and trade it on a 200 Series VX (mid-spec). However, after looking at the pros and cons of the 200 Series vs the D3, that GM is now driving a new D3 TDV6 HSE - and it was cheaper to buy this than an equivalently optioned VX Toyota.

So far, they're very happy with the D3, and there's talk of gradually replacing more of the Toyotas with LR's.

If only LR sold a 130 with airbags - they'd have a winner in the mining industry at the moment. Nobody's buying Landcruiser tray backs or troopys any more because of the requirement on many mine sites now to have airbags (was a standard introduced by BHP and gradually being implemented by the other majors). So it's either Pootrols or Hi-lux's for everyone at the moment (even though it's only a few years since BHP banned "Rollux's from the Iron Ore sites).

Also, the "new" Toyota 76 Series wagon, which was supposed to be such a big seller into the mining industry (one of Toyota's stated reasons for dropping the base model wagon in the 200 Series and starting at the more expensive GXL) is not selling in the mining industry for the same lack of airbags. Base model Prado's now seem to be flavour of the month.

If the defender had airbags I'd order one tommorrow and I would push very very hard for the hilux's to be replaced by them. Pat