The test in question involved the British standard BSOLDC (Beer Spilled On Lap During Collision) rating.
The veh is driven at very low speed from the pub car park and into the nearest lamp post. The driver is holding a (full) pint of mild during the test.
If the driver has more than half his pint at the conclusion of the test, its a pass!
Obviously this is B.S.
So are some of the things that you hear from the auto industry.
The Defenders are very unsafe. So, not untill the UK and other markets (where defenders are working veh and not expensive alt to a Jeep) bring the safty standards into line with the US standards will we see a Defender in NA. Even then, it will be tough for Land Rover to break into the Farm/Fleet 4wd work truck market awash with Ford F150's Dodge and Chevy pick-up's.
Bottom line, if the only interested customers are a few Land Rover nuts (like us) then they just can't sell enough bare bone's Defenders to make it worth the effort/cost to import them on a large scale to the US and Canada.
and to make matters worse, its getting hard to find good pint of mild these days! Dammed common market and EU Larger drinking Puff's.
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"Your only supposed to blow the BLOODY DOORS OFF" The Italian job 1969.
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