Toyota Nissan Defender ?

you can never go wrong with the Prado,..never heard any negative comments about it. Always take into consideration the many,many Prado's you see out in the bush; there must be some value in it.
Good luck
JS

I saw the title of this post and thought that Toyota and Nissan were getting together to build the Defender! lol

What is your budget? Where do you live?
Personally I think unless it's a 4.2 diesel Patrol then they are buckets of poop.

The Defenders are good vehicles for touring but they aren't very refined. The seats are terrible, the floors get hot under your feet and the hand brake will dig a groove into the calf of the driver. If you are willing to put up with that the dual cab Defender would have to be the ultimate tourer. The wagon has good boot space too.

Standard Cruiser are generally bought new to be used, as are Troopys. You may be lucky and find a good one that's had an easy life being driven by a grey nomad or government agency etc. Have you looked at a later model 80 series Cruiser? Some of the late 1990's still have plenty of life left in them.

Prado's are good but are not in the same size category as the others.

Steve,
There must be a reason for the Army to use Landrover Defenders almost exclusively.

It is not, as some would say, that they get them cheaper or that Toyota or Nissan can supply a 'so called' equivalent vehicle.

Toyota and Nissan can undercut Landrover prices significantly, based on tender prices I have seen quoted in my previous work.

Perhaps it is because the Landrover does exactly what they need in a 4wd.

Disco
(who freely admits that he is a Landroverphile)

Stop reading 4WD Mags......and go the 'Fender' !

Good luck with your choice........

Cheers

The best 80 series in tourer the world (including the fridge!!) is advertised for $15000 in the trader section - quite possible under my name.............

Drew

FOR ME ITS
PATROL
DEFENDER
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CRUISER