2011 Trans-Africa trips by Toyota and LR
I have attempted to keep track of English based websites dedicated to trans-Africa trips over the last 11 years...
In 2011, a little bit of history was made... for the first time Toyota overtook Land Rover as the preferred overlanders choice of vehicles.
I only managed to link to 42 trans-Africa trips using Toyota or LR during 2011 (a huge decline compared to the past few years).
The criteria needed to be a website dedicated to trans-Africa trip - this makes it easy to track however I do recognise that many trips don't bother with a website. Early 2000-2004 trips are very low due to the internet connectivity and the requirement to be a web guru to publish a trip website.
In 2011 Toyota had 60% popularity when compared to the two vehicles.
Additional stats are available
Another interesting stat is that travel time is still roughly a year but has been declining.
ps - this post is not intended to create rival comments between Toyota and LR merely its intended to show an interesting trend. My thoughts on why are on the blog, however, one particular reason is the affordability of Toyota spare parts and equipment in the UK.
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