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23-12-2023, 11:09 AM | #1 | |||||
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Vehicle size doesnt really warrant a big V8 IMO
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23-12-2023, 11:37 AM | #2 | |||
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The VDJ79 has a years long waiting list, is selling for $30K+ above RRP and has a V8 (even though its trash). I reckon reliability and parts availability is going to be a problem for the Ineos Grenadier in Australia, I'm very suspect on the choice of engines and our **** fuel. |
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Hold onto your hats because the 70 series has been updated to auto and the (wait for it) 2.8 is supposedly a bit grunty in it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBq41s7AsJU I like it! Wheel track remains the same as a sort of easter egg for the buyer to find out about later
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Well, we know the BMW Ineos Grenadier in both unleaded and diesel forms is going to clap the 70 series cheeks big time. Seriously though the 2.8L version of the 70 series is a big step up over the V8, though I'm not sure how you take out an OHC V8, put in a 4 cylinder engine and end up with less room in the engine bay Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 23-12-2023 at 03:11 PM. |
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Yes the Lumberjack Ned Kelly force is strong with this one
But that frontier beard styling is how the west was won. I'd consider the 76 with the 2.8 if all I did was West Oz, it'd be OK for driving there and back with offroad adventure detours. Prob not best for all the running to the shops or the nearby beach (all roads in bitumen) with the diesel and the DPF in the meantime. Out of interest, the fastest cars I've seen on the Gt Alpine Road are not Lambos or anything like that, but the snow companys staff in the 2.8 Prados...
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I know, yet they run that road as if possessed with some unnatural power...
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