Assuming all vehicles come with the tyres they are fitted with at the factory and are driven by an expert over various conditions such as thick mud, snow, wading etc. What is the best off roader?

The FL2 is awesome as seen at LR day but is hindered by a relative lack of ground clearance. Toyota Land Cruisers are highly rated but what about discos and rangies? There are other brands of course but the ultimate vehicle is apparently the Defender.

So guys, start the debate  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

if i won the lottery i would dig deep and get myself a bowler nemesis - they do a road going version with stereo aircon etc etc, awsome!

if it were purley off road i'd go for the wildcat 200 -

do you see a pattern emerging!

Defender  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

matt-j wrote:

if i won the lottery i would dig deep and get myself a bowler nemesis - they do a road going version with stereo aircon etc etc, awsome!

if it were purley off road i'd go for the wildcat 200 -

do you see a pattern emerging!

Perhaps I should have said 'normal 4x4's' not these super modified beasts!

Lets stick to the normal stuff for this debate  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Series 2's, Series 3's, 90's, 110's, now the Defender. Got me out of some serious trouble in the Army. Nothing better IMHO, unless it has tracks, of course.  We Don't Care About Pot Holes !!

Defender, yes particularly now it is to be produced by Tata

 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Unimog are beasts. Ofcourse they are not cars, but trucks. Also those Ural trucks are real beasts. 2010 Freelander 2 Select TD4 auto....gone
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 auto ...current

parked in my shed, not mine but available for trips if the snow does get a bit too deep. Although to be honest I would just use a tractor.
 At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

6x6 Mercs seem to cope quite well with 'marginal' overloading.....

Wintermute wrote:

Unimog are beasts. Of course they are not cars, but trucks.

We used to have a saying... "You can't bog a Mog"!

Easy to drive if you have about eight arms for all the levers.  We Don't Care About Pot Holes !!

How about a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon G-55 AMG

A snipe at around £115,000.....

I'v have had SII, SIII, Defener 300Tdi and TD5
excellent off road but not much better than the FL2's
& hell they are rot boxes.

A G55 off road...?! Don't think so somehow!

Problem with a defender is it can get crossed up...as there's no locking/cimulated locking diff on the rear, just in the centre.

My local dealer told me that the best off roader that LR make is the D4, cos it's the newest car with the best tech Mine: 2012 Golf GTI Edition 35
Family's: 2009 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Auto, Stornoway

Yorkshire - God's County

Richard Hamond became a "Driving God" in one so must be good

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Richard Hamond became a "Driving God" in one so must be good

I think he also said the same when testing the G-55 ????