I hear ya Troverman. LR3's a nice SUV. But for 40-50k you could get a Disco II w/ solid axles, a Defender, or even (gasp!) a Jeep, and put the rest of the money into mods (suspension, lockers, etc), add a winch, end up with a truely capable off-road vehicle & still have plenty left over.
So,,, when does LR get back into the off-road vehicle business?
It's true that you can't keep a company in business building off-road vehicles or catering to the 1 in 100, or 1 in 1000, or maybe 1 in 10,000 who really takes their truck off-road. Even so, a true off-roader would still have mass appeal. The popularity of H2 seems to indicate that people would buy a vehicle with the "look" of a true off-roader. So all this comes back to--- when do we get an American-market Defender that is really a Defender? If Jeep can still sell Jeeps, and even add the Rubicon to the line-up, stands to reason that LR could sell the hell out of Defenders in the U.S. No need for high-tech,,,, their margins could be HUGE.
