On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 03:49:29PM -0700, Alex Chamberlain wrote: > The styling doesn't bother me as much as the fact that it's now based > on the same platform as the M-class, making it more of a > soccer-mom/poser vehicle and no longer a serious offroader like the > old G. Unitbody? Independent rear suspension? Bleah.
FWIW, the current range rover has fully independent suspension, and is extremely capable offroad (if you're crazy enough to wheel a vehicle that expensive). independent suspension does not necessarily mean something cannot wheel (see the pinzgauer or hummer H1), just requires good engineering to make something that WILL actually wheel. The range rover uses air suspension to make the independent suspension behave like a straight axle when in 4L. H1s require a new style of driving as one almost always has at least one wheel in the air when going over obstacles (rocks on a trail, trees in a creek, miatas on the interstate...). K
