Saint.V8 said:

Easy Tiger.....

We have to be very careful on taking the rise out of the Freelander....

The Freelander, along with the Later Series Vehicles, the 110, The Defender, The Discovery, The Range Rover Classic and the L322 Range Rover all proved themselves in either the Camel Trophy or the G4 Challenge....and conquered their adversities will aplomb.

The P38 Range Rover was never subjected to such gruelling challenges.....they did do a odd Yellow/Orangey/Yellowy coloured Range Rover called the Range Rover TREK for some 'competition' in South Africa - but that wasn't exactly the wilds of Madagascar or Borneo etc....mostly dusty roads and a few hills.....

The Freelander has earned it's place in the Pantheon of Land Rover - even if it is driven by hairdressers - but they are hairdressers with spirit and adventure!

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Mark Piercy said:

Anyone know why it never went on the camel trophy?

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Henry_b said:

No idea but i bet it would of ace'd it

@Saint.V8

Why did they forget to audition the P38 for the camel?

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Mark Piercy said:

I bet it was because of the air suspension and being stuck in the middle of nowhere with a bust up height sensor....that I can appreciate....

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Henry_b said:

But the L322 did it!

And it has more fangled sensors!

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Saint.V8 said:

I can only assume it was because of the P38's biggest weakness......the BeCM being located below the water line of its minimum wading depth.....

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Henry_b said:

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Aye a handsome beast..

The P38 may not off been in the camel but they can be turned into come mean lookin and performing monster trucks

I bet a Freelander can't flex like that

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Hippo said:

The important bit ere is "turned into". That's not original spec. It's heavily modded to something it's not, when first out the factory. Each to their own. Doing that to yer daily ride isn't something most would do. Even if yer put tracks on a Freelander to improve its go anywhere ability, yer could still get it stuck. Very few of these "challenge" type vehicle are driven as a daily ride.

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