Tested: Land Rover Defender 110 Heritage Edition

The simple grouch

This review should be one of the easiest and shortest texts I have ever composed but the vehicle in question evokes such vastly differing emotions (also for yours truly) that it threatens to bloat my report into novel proportions. You see, I’ve just spent a week driving Land Rover’s Defender 110 Heritage Edition.

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Padtoets: Citroën C1

‘n Briesie uit verre Tsjeggië

Die wêreld het sedert die val van die Berlynse Muur in 1989 radikaal verander, Wes is nie meer Wes nie en Oos nie meer Oos nie. Maar ook nie heeltemal nie. Wie het ‘n dekade of twee gelede gedink dat Citroëns en Toyotas in die voormalige Tseggoslowakye gebou sou word en uiteindelik ‘n alledaagse verskynsel op Namibiese en Suid-Afrikaanse paaie sou word?

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Tested: 2011 Land-Rover Defender 110

The terrible toy

As per usual, I’m launching straight into a confession with this week’s review of the Land-Rover Defender 110: I actually own a Defender.  I encouraged colleagues to write about the boxy Brit but somehow everyone was busy, thus I’ll try to be as objective and rational as possible.

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