tommytoyz wrote:

I've seen a crash test of a smaller Renault against a Land Rover and
the Land Rover was in worse shape after the head on collision test -
especially the occupants.

If that was a series 1,2 or 3 Landrover its not at all surprising
because these models had almost no energy absorbing capability: that
beam across the rear is the rear chassis member and the front bumper may
look strong, but its bolted directly onto the main chassis box members.
I owned a series 2a long wheelbase model and was told that, if I had to
hit anything, to make sure I hit it square on because anything else
would twist the chassis. As a result, Landrovers are not as tough as
they look.

The same would apply to all vehicles with similar construction, i.e. it
probably applies to most of the earlier jeeps too.

I don't know how the later Landrover chassis is built, but wouldn't be
surprised if this also applied to the series 4 and Defender models. I
think Rangies and Freeloaders have enough additional fancy stuff round
the front end to absorb at least some energy.


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