More comparison between Land Rover and other 4x4

These are more comparison between Land Rover and and other 4 x 4:

Car vs wild - some ingenious tactics in off roading

 

I learn a lot from this car vs wild episodes at Discovery Channel. The main protagonists here are Bill Wu and  and Gary Humphrey.   Take this river crossing for instance using empty drums.

Some ingenious solutions:

1.  The Jeep's engine took in water. There is a danger of hydro lock and wrecking the connecting rods and the engine.  Solution:    remove the spark plugs and have the engine spew out the  water from the spark plug socket holes.  To finally remove the water, Bill put in tequila in cylinder and incinerated the same to vaporize the water.  The engine finally restarted.  Wow.

2.  There was an almost 45 degree drop and could not go down further without endanger the vehicle falling off the steep grade.  Solution:  Bill removed the two rear wheels, had them dragged as anchor.  The friction of the rear drums slowed down their descent.  wow again

3.  There was a scene too where the Ruby was tilted dangerously to a dangerous side (drop off to a river) after the Ruby slipped or made the wrong turn.  The vehicle was righted through an ingenious system of pulleys and straps.   About winching, we were advised not to anchor to trees.  But when your life is in danger, you forget about the trees -  you watch our for your survival

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How does the Land Rover Disco fare vs the 3.2 L Ranger Wildtrax?

 


The Ranger Wildrax has 3.2 liter engine which packs 200 HP.   A Wild Trax would cost about P1.6 million and Disco about 2x that amount. We do not know much about the Disco but I guess it is very very expensive and packs plenty of latest engine electronix:  traction control ABS.

The Wildtrax struggle on the off road obstacle.  The Disco does not.  So what is the verdict?  Land Rove is still the best?





But that is comparing apples and oranges.  The price of a Disco is 4x than that of a Ranger.  Here is the Rader Comparison

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	First car Make Model Edition	Second car Make Model Edition
General Info
Make	Ford	Land Rover
Model	Ranger	Discovery 4
Edition	3.2L WildTrak 4x4 AT	TDV6 3.0L HSE
Type	Truck	SUV
Transmission	Automatic (6R80 – Six speed automatic with sportmode)	Automatic (6-speed adaptive automatic transmission)
Convertible	No	No
Performance
Acceleration	No Info	9.6(seconds 0-100 KM/H)
Top Speed	No Info	180(KM/H)
Engine
Engine	Inline 5-cylinder Diesel engine	6-cylinder 3.0 Litre with Advanced Sequential Turbochargers
No. Of Cylinders	5	6
No. Of Valves	5 (per cylinder)	6 (per cylinder)
Engine Capacity	3198	2993
Max. Output	147 kW / 198 HP	180 kW / 242 HP
Max. Torque	470 Nm	600 Nm
Fuel
Consumption	8.9 Litres per 100KM	9.3 Litres per 100KM
Tank Capacity	80 Litres	82 Litres
Safety & Comfort
Front Brakes	Disc (302 x 32mm) with Twin Piston Callipers	Ventilated Disc (360 mm)
Rear Brakes	Drum (295 x 55 mm)	Ventilated Disc (350 mm)
ABS	Yes	No
Airbags	Yes, 4 Airbags	Yes, 8 Airbags
Power Steering	Yes	Yes, (Assisted rack and pinion)
Price	113,669 RM	423,888 RM
All prices mentioned are on the road price and excluding insurance.

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