What Production Vehicle

[Wulfman]

Originally posted by cjolley
PS You could even carry a UNIMOG as a spare.

you got me. I expected a lot of jokes, but not this one. I know these unimogs, one can see them quite often up in the mountains, crawling around where no one is expecting a car anymore (summer & winter).

mfg
wulfman

[gt40]

Range Rover.
nuff said

[seether]

Now you all should've expected this answer coming from me -

http://www.car-data.com/xpage.preview/pre.template.asp?mfg=volkswagen&model=touareg

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=34&article_id=2434

Co-developed with Porsche (Theirs is the Cayenne, more of a soccer mom SUV never to touch dirt though)

I'm waiting a couple of years to see how it fares, but if it's anywhere near as off road capable as my 71 F100 it will be in my driveway by 2005.

[gt40]

ok if you want the ultimate:http://www.lambocars.com/framed/lm/lm.htm

[Wombat]

Originally posted by seether

Co-developed with Porsche (Theirs is the Cayenne, more of a soccer mom SUV never to touch dirt though)

Huh? The Cayenne seems to be a real SUV from the reviews I've read. It does a lot better off-road than half the "SUVs" out there.

[seether]

It is a real SUV - the soccer mom comment was my subjective take

It's lower, the drivetrain is a 60/40 split I think, and the fact that it will probably be a $70,000 + suv makes one think the target buyer is more of a grocery getter plus no white knuckles in snow than the weekend trips up mt Elbert

[Marshmallowman]

probably not easy to find anywhere except OZ is the OKA

http://www.ecars.com.au/Oka/Oka.html

crude looking, krap top speed...but it will pretty anywhere you want to go.

They are made to spend months in the bush. No components are exotic they are built with parts that are easilty replacable for those unforseen circumstances..

I alway's love the specs, compare the power to torque produced. It not going anywhere fast but its going to F%#ing get there no matter what...

Power 81 at 2800, torque 354 at 1600, 5spd gearbox, 2spd transfer-case, wheel-base 3045mm, 8.25x16 or 9.00x16 tyres.

[Sasq]

One of the guys in Alice used to have one (maint for telstra) He'd go of on a maintenance run for 2 months at time. He always got back.

Dan

[az]

Those Unimogs... sturdy as hell. I read some years ago that they produced a "fun" Unimog, I guess for people who think SUVs are too small.. 32 gears forward and backwards, lowest gear under 100m per hour top speed.

AZ

[ALBPM]

If you want an affordable "Reliable" vehicle that will get 20+ miles per gallon....Get a 4-Runner. It will go more places than the gas guzzling Landcruiser.

[Brian R.]

20+ mpg?

[ALBPM]

I average 22.5 for my typical work week. Combined city and a bit of highway driving with the AC running full time these days.

[Fat Tone]

You wouldn't want to do that with UK petrol prices, even if they are a little cheaper now (~75p/litre) than they were (~85p/litre)!

Of course, we try to respect emmisions quotas here too