In my experience what is suitable for NGOs and what they end up buying can sometimes be two very different things...
Yup, coils are more comfortable. They also tend to provide better articulation. No doubt. In my experience a leaf sprung vehicle where the load is well matched to the springs can be comfortable, but a heavily sprung lightly loaded vehicle can be a nightmare on African roads. When I was doing +5000kms a month in leaf sprung vehicles (HZJ75s and Hilux's) we used to line the load beds with solid timber floors, sides and various boxes and build in (behind wheel wells) old caterpillar track rollers (bloody heavy) just to provide a heavy, constant load. Leaf sprung empty hilux with a bench seat was about my least favourite vehicle ever! Lightly loaded Defender or 80 series is very different!
Gil
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