On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:27:55PM +1200, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
> Germans don't make any serious offroaders, Geklandewagen and
> RangeRover perhaps excepted. The Mercedes M-Class is an upmarket
> Rav-4 competitor and hopeless offroad, but then, it's not designed
> for serious offroading... more a "soft-roader". The BMW is similar,
> though somewhat less incapable in the rough, and like other BMWs is
> only designed for about a 6-year life.

   You're forgetting the Unimogs and Pinzhauers. Mogs are definitely true
off-roaders, in fact, depending on the version, are more tractor than truck.

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Harmon Seaver
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