As this is a long thread, I forgot who made the comment, but someone said the Land Rover is "top heavy". It definately looks top heavy, but you would be surprised. I was considering it when I got my X5, and that big tall LR3 handles very well around turns -- almost no body lean.
If you go to their website and watch some of the off-road videos there, you would see what it's capable of. It has something new called the "Terrain Response System" which is like a traction system that has 5 or 6 settings, one for each type of surface: Ice, Mud, Rock/Boulder, On-Road, etc. It adjusts the gearing, braking, traction control, and even the suspension settings to optimize for each type of surface.
Also, each wheel has some rediculous amount of suspension travel in the "Rock/Boulder" setting -- I think something like 13 inches. I think the clearance under the car is also something like 10 inches.
And the air intake on the car is up high on the side, so it can drive through up to 2 feet of water without any problems -- they make a point of saying this in the brochure.
I decided on the X5 because i never go off-road so all that stuff did not matter to me, but I remember thinking that if I did go off-road, the LR3 was the car for me and none of the others would have even been close.
You should definately check it out.
11-17-2006, 11:07 AM
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