Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 at 06:40
Willie,
I read it again and counted. Eight separate mentions - each in a separate paragraph. Plus:
"In its British
home market, Land Rover is patriotically regarded as the off-road king. In Australia, it's a different story. Here, Land Rover has long battled an image of poor build quality and reliability - and subsequently weak resale values. And Land Rover knows it.
You only need to head outback once to see that Australians who need to travel vast distances in remote areas (and actually reach their destinations) rely on Japanese-built four-wheel drives, namely Toyotas, Nissans and Mitsubishis.
With this in mind, every time a new Land Rover comes out, the local boss says something like, "Yes, yes, we admit there may have been some problems years ago, but we've seen the error of our ways, we've really got the problems licked this time." It sounded plausible the first time, but becomes a bit repetitive after a few Land Rover launches."
The writer hasn't had a 3.0 L Nissan blow up, a LC 100 front diff fail, or actually bought or sold a 4WD.
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