The Patrols Ive seen in the Sahara and offroad in Europe have been cumbersome, heavy things with lousy clearance (any car with an option to store the spare wheel underneath has to be suspect). Nice engine, but thats about it. In 2000 I spent four days pulling one of the things (newish turbodiesel) out of the dune belt in Morocco (with my Landy 110) as far as Msisi because its driver had gone down with heatstroke and the car couldnt hack the terrain.
Ive used Cruisers and Rovers in the Sahara quite a bit, Id go for a Rover every time, but they are less comfortable and slower than Cruisers, even if they are better offroad.
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'91 LR 110 Def/Disco hybrid "Elsa"
Bring me the horizon....
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