![]() It tracked beautifully in and through heavy rain. On the freeway, it feels indomitable, thanks to its curb weight (getting on towards 5,000 pounds), the high driving perch and the rugged-looking rectilinear design both outside and in. It exhibits total confidence over any obstacle up to eight inches high (the point where differential shields begin to do their work), and finds most potholes beneath its notice. (Jeep’s Grand Cherokee is nearly 106 inches between axles, Ford’s Explorer, almost 114.) It never betrayed its very stubby, 100-inch, wheelbase by pitching. It has improved greatly over the years, and it doesn’t hurt that they engineered a huge 11 inches of travel into the rear suspenders. That is to say, it’s built like a truck (body on frame), and to some extent, rides like a truck. It’s best to remember that this mount, no matter how lavishly adorned, is a serious tool for challenging the great outdoors it is NOT a substitute mommy wagon except for the aforementioned swells who have four or five other cars in the garage. Born in ’95, is it out of date? Depends on your mindset. With a more cosmetic refresh, it adds power and shucks the II. With a pretty thorough refresh job for 1999, it became Discovery II. When it was introduced in 1995, it had no cognomen. Unbreakable and ungainly perhaps characterizes them best.Ĭonsiderably more agile is the one I tested recently, called simply the Discovery. The big guy, called Range Rover, is the vehicle of choice for those who choose to venture where the prospect of roads lies in the distant future. doesn’t hurt that QE II is driven about in one at her country digs. But they do have that je ne sais quoi aura about them. That’s a shame, because these are among the world’s premier boulder-bashers. You see a lot of Land Rovers suffering the indignity of serving at polo match tailgate parties (I’ve noticed as I was driving by).
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