20 July 2011
The Station Wagon is an all-purpose vehicle based on the well-known Land Rover, but in place of the usual canvas top there is a metal body with four tip-up seats in the rear compartment.
First-hand experience with this type of vehicle is always worthwhile. Although weather conditions were hopeless for normal performance testing when George Mackie of the Rover Company telephoned to suggest a trial of the new Land Rover Station Wagon in the snow, we were able to try the car on various surfac...Read the full article
18 July 2011
I love these old reviews! I like to compare these tests with the ones today and see how motoring has moved on in the last 50 years. 52 horsepower... top speed of 59mph and "only" £935! Nowadays, most 4x4s are terrible offroad and people only buy them for the school run. I guess one of the best around has to still be the Defender though.
Well that's just jolly peachy...