Is there really such a thing as a good used Land Rover?
I’m just asking, because the stats seem to suggest that they are less than truly dependable. People keep on buying them, though, because they are so damned charismatic. If you are tempted, here are some off-the-beaten-track suggestions.
Lightweight: The stone-cold coolest and also the lightest Land Rover is, of course, the army-issue one. It could be flat-packed out of a Hercules and then driven into action. It’s a soft-top, too, although some have a Series top. Once at army surplus prices, concours ones are £18,000, but a tidy 1980 petrol is around £12,000. It’s the nearest thing we have to a proper Willys Jeep, far cheaper and better to drive, and it doesn’t need stencilled graphics to make the point that it is special.
Bowler Nemesis: Here’s the mad, bonkers Landie that will get you to and from hell and back at an alarmingly high speed. This is not a sensible slogger of a Land Rover. This is the motorsport one. Those people at Bowler make a proper fastback, two-seat, caged-up and ready-to-tackle-the-Dakar sort of thing. Brand new, they are comfortably six figures, but Bowler will also sell you a 2007 Nemesis in need of some updating yet still state-of-the-art. It is FIA specification, of course, so it’s ready to rally and it will set you back a relatively reasonable £50,000.
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Damn it, I love Land Rovers. My dad had Land Rover in the age when he was doing my essays for me. So guys even today professional writers who write essays or who work in writing services can afford good cars like Land Rover. Thanks for this article.
Used cars
Buying a used car is one of the best options you can do. In terms of price and also taxes which are lower in many places of the world. There are many several other reasons too.
Forward Control photo
Although the photo in this article shows a Forward Control model, this is not the FC 101 V8 which was developed for the British Army as a gun tractor etc? They are very different models, although both are highly desirable vehicles of appreciating value.