Looks familiar..

"Ian Rawlings" wrote

Wasn't there some troll around here some time ago, saying how much better the Iveco is compared to those awful, awful Land Rovers some people seem to be liking around here?

To be fair I wouldn't mind one (in the same way I wouldn't mind a bunch of other similar vehicles), but I'd rather stick with my 90, thank you very much.

Geo

On or around Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:02:20 +0000, Ian Rawlings enlightened us thusly:

Actually, the PS-10, in some ways, is better than a defender - body's better, better mounted, wider load space, no seat box to get in the way, etc.

Engine-wise, there's not much wrong with Iveco - dunno about the latest one but the 2.8 they were using up to a couple of years ago was reckoned to be pretty tough. They're also a good bit cheaper.

Only real downside is the leaf springs - but putting parabolics on the SIII improves the ride considerably, it's not the equivalent of a coiler, but it's noticeably better than standard.

Basically, having heard about some of the recent defenders, if I were in the market for a new CSW, I reckon I'd buy the santana.

Maybe, and any vehicle has advantages over others, I just feel it's a bit of a blatant rip-off! Landrover don't seem to be too concerned about what happens to the Defender though.

On or around Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:43:57 +0000, Ian Rawlings enlightened us thusly:

Well, to be fair, Santana started off building Series IIIs under licence (actually I think originally, they were CKDs) and they only diverted into what you might credibly call the Series IIIA at the point when LR went to coils, and it wasn't worth updating the factory.

Dunno about the Iveco thing. However, there are obvious links to Santana, since they use Iveco engines.