People in the states us them to haul things around on there land such as farms and stuff
yes and every single farmer over here owns a defender, and none will give them up, we bought ours second had 20 years ago and she still passes her MOT every year, and there're plenty out there that're older............
And I guarantee you that I could out perform your Land Rover with my V8 Grand Cherokee and haul more stuff with it two.
go have a look around at where Land Rovers are used, and what they're used for, they've been in production almost unchanged for coming up to 60 years, and for a damn good reason, bring on your steel foundry, the Land Rover will beat it and it currently beating it on every continent on earth, and RE the price, American vehicles over here are more expensive than Land Rovers, does your info take into account import costs? Over here you don't have to look far for a roadworthy defender for a few hundred pounds........
thats what the use is, to haul big heavy ****
No, that's what trailers are for, just how often do most owners actually have to move heavy stuff? I'm with Glider and i'll wager almost never, then, for the rest of the time you have to haul around those massive beasts? and for what gain? what do they do when not hauling heavy stuff? those stupidly large monsters under the "hoods" guzzle a hole in your pocket, it's only because fuel's so cheap in America that most people can afford them, i've seen 1 ton hay bales on the back of Land Rovers and they handled it no problem, i'm not saying the American pickups can't, i'm just saying Land Rovers can so don't think they can't...........
I picked up a 250lb dresser the other day w/ the pickup - no removing seats or playing any of those suv games. That's a perfect use for a full-size pickup, ain't it?
I'm begging you not to tell me you think that's big or heavy! and the Defender isn't a SUV, they're what stupid people in Chelsea drive to drop their kids off at private school............
However, they do enjoy a hell of a reputation here as well regarding their capabilities... matt is right though, you pay a hefty fee for it.
For a range rover perhaps but we're talking Defenders, over 15,000 are used by the Army even the SAS use them........