"Drive" 2009 4wd of the year

Well, that was a pretty nothing much of a video. What did it tell anyone watching it? Very little.

Large 4x4 compared to mid size that was called large???????????
Wasn't the Disco always marketed at the mid size class??? Same as Prado & the likes???

Correct outcome anyway....

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Originally Posted by waz

Rigged. Toyota is clearly the winner. Land Rover must be bribing every judge and expert in the world.

Waz

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Waz,
You forgot to put some smiley faces or what ever emotion is appropiate when posting tongue in cheek.

Dave.

LR might be the better 4Wd and has won these awards for a few years running. But the bias against them, and the track record of the past is going to haunt them. They need to be ultra reliable for the tide of peoples mind to turn.

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Originally Posted by drivesafe

I’ve seen a few of these reports lately and they talk about the toyota as if it was always good, but when push comes to shove, they have never been anywhere near as good as the D3 or the D4, it’s just that they can no longer keep up the has-been rhetoric.

Look at the clip, the toyota is the runner up but their carrying on like it should be the winner.

Even this clip starts out as if the toyota is a wonderful machine when it has always been 5 to 10 years behind land rover.

It’s amazing how much loyalty you can BUY!

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Did I watch the same clip as you, as the judges all pretty much said the Landcruiser was essentially hopeless unless you're driving off road near on 100% of the time, and it was under-speced in comparison to the D4.

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Originally Posted by hoadie72

Did I watch the same clip as you, as the judges all pretty much said the Landcruiser was essentially hopeless unless you're driving off road near on 100% of the time, and it was under-speced in comparison to the D4.

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Yes but they still raved about it being a good 4x4, even after saying it was crap, and the D4 virtually only got a mention at the end of the clip as if, well, they had to mention the better vehicle and even though the yota was crap, they still preferred it.