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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4660  
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My take on it is. If I wanted to buy a traditional Land Rover and it had gone out of production (hard to believe, I know
 ) and this was available I'd buy one of these. Ticks a lot of boxes that the traditional Land Rover does. It is NOT a Land Rover but in a world where no traditional Land Rovers are being produced this would do very nicely.
Your man in the snazzy jumper has an idea as to what he wants his car to look like and perform. When he tells his engineers and design team "I want this.", they don't say "We can't do that" they just do it. Anyway I like the concept of it and how they are going about it. It is not being treated like a pariah that they have to keep on producing but begrudgingly do so with decreasing investment and quality control. To my mind it will be a well engineered and produced vehicle. I am sure that over time when revisions are made the front could be tweeked, but I can live with it as it is. So long as the interior does not get too complicated and snazzy I'll be in the queue. Given the jumper man's ideas regarding how he wants his vehicle to look I do not think it will go that way. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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13th May 2021 9:37pm |
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It's called Pinzgauer originally built by Steyr-Puch who also built the original G class.
| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018  
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By 2001 hadn't the Pinzgauer already been sold on?
"In 2000 the rights were sold to Automotive Technik Ltd (ATL) in the UK.[2] ATL was subsequently acquired by Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. in 2005; in May 2006, Stewart & Stevenson became a subsidiary of the aerospace and defence group Armor Holdings, Inc.. One year later, Armor Holdings was acquired by BAE Systems plc, who discontinued UK production of the Pinzgauer, which was proving to be vulnerable to mines and improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. Development work (done in the UK) on a planned Pinzgauer II was evaluated by a BAE subsidiary in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa but no vehicle was ever made." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinzgauer_Hi...in_Vehicle |
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14th May 2021 8:20am |
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| lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1316 
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It had indeed Supercat. I was just pointing out the linkage between the Pinzy, Magna Steyr and Ineos.
Who knows, they may even have a Haflinger lurking around. Although it would probably struggle to keep up with the Grenadier on the road even if they kept the Grenadier in low box  |
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14th May 2021 8:42am |
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