All Time Choice

[AUDIOBUS]

I'm with @Jean Mercier and @MattA. 1983 (last US model year) FJ40 would do just fine! I had a late 80s Toyota XTRA Cab truck (aka HiLux) -- the 22RE fuel injected 4-cylinder was amazing. 20MPG all day long, zero issues ever.

 

[Tom109]

I would have to say 1996 LR Discovery. Possibly the best vehicle we have ever owned.

 

[cyson]

I would have to say 1996 LR Discovery. Possibly the best vehicle we have ever owned.

I have to admit, my 98 D1 was one of the most intuitive 4x4s I've driven off road. I realize this as I drive more and more different vehicles.

 

[Shoogs]

One of these, not quite available off the showroom floor, and this one sits patiently in my garage, and that’s not what Defenders are for.

 

[Dokatd]

But the world has changed. Today I wouldn't buy anything that has an embedded non-removable sim card in it (I'm not a fan of surveillance capitalism). As the underwhelmed former owner of a 2023 [corrected] Land Rover Defender 110, a few months into my ownership I was appalled to discover that I owned a vehicle that was designed to become inoperable less than 24 hours after the telemetry circuit had been disabled. Indeed, for me one of the most extraordinary pluses about the Ineos Grenadier, at least in the US market, is that there's no sim card installed to support always on surveillance. And, yeh, I really do use an old fashioned flip phone.

Freedom is under appreciated. But hey a lot of y'all love the nanny state (both government and corporate) so I'll shut my trap.

No SIM card that you are aware of.

Short of breaking out a cell signal sniffer I have a suspicion there is connectivity in the Gren. Maybe not active, but I really do think it's in there. I could be wrong, but I would never bet against it.

 

[Tazzieman]

I'm a fan of air cooled vehicles. A kubelwagen seemed like a light, capable offroad vehicle in lots of famous films.
I've only seen them up close in museums.