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Originally Posted by new2ford
Thanks again outback_ute. Yes beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The Terri is certainly lovelier and doubtless corners much better, but somehow I don't think it'll have the Landie's indestructable quality. I should mention that what makes the Road Rover an SUV and not a car-based station wagon (unlike the Volvo) is that it is a high vehicle on a 4WD chassis, more truck based than car based. But of course definitions are changing and chasses are on the way out - though we do still have the height! Defining a 4WD is certainly giving the 4x4 mags a hard time nowadays. By the way I notice the latest 4x4 Australia lists a Turbo Territory as an upcoming 2006 release.
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Looks more like a bus.
In those days 95% of cars were built on a ladder chassis with truck like ground clearance.
That ugly Rover is a truck based vehicle that the designer tried to make people friendly so as to increase sales from one model type. It is more a PMW (Poor Mans Wagon) than a SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle).
Were as the Territory is part-sedan, part-Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) and part-people mover.
http://www.theopenroad.com.au/austra...ational4wd.asp
I see what your getting at though.
People are demanding more ground clearance and spacious interiors, like the old days.
