INEOS Media Namibia Trails videos live

[DCPU]

The tents look pleasantly large.

Does anybody know the brand?

At a guess a Cymot Greensport ~ but take your pick as to the exact model...

 

[emax]

Yes, seems to match.

But at 20 Kg it's quite a hummer.

Tent Kudu Bow CYMOT

Greensport

www.cymot.com

 

[ECrider]

That's a lot of bread for a tent

 

[Logsplitter]

I have a Campmor safari bow tent. Very similar but very heavy. Built to last.
Done with the whole roof tent set up. It has its pro and cons. But a ground tent set up for overlanding suits us. https://www.campcraft.co.za/product/campmor-safari-bow-tent/

 

[globalgregors]

Yes, seems to match.

But at 20 Kg it's quite a hummer.

Tent Kudu Bow CYMOT

Greensport

www.cymot.com

Yeah, maybe. Pretty light compared to the typical RTT though, and if you can manage the weight/bulk canvas is ideal in the desert.

With no payload to speak of we use a Hilleberg for expeditions and have a palatial Darche for local trips.

 

[emax]

I don't mean too heavy for this tent. But too heavy for me: I always consider using it on my motorbike as well.

No way at 20 Kg.

 

[globalgregors]

I don't mean too heavy for this tent. But too heavy for me: I always consider using it on my motorbike as well.

No way at 20 Kg.

Ah yes, we do the same with the Hilleberg (4kg).

 

[OGrid]

I contacted Ineos support soon after the Namibia video was released showing IG vehicles with 35” tyres, asking ‘does the IG support 35” tyres’, pointing to Namibia video for reference.

A few weeks later, today, support were able to find the appropriate person internally and I just received a response:

“I can confirm you are able to fit 35" tyres to the vehicle…”

 

[DCPU]

Someone at Ineos really excelled at going the extra distance to provide that answer...

 

[DCPU]

Great video in Namibia. I am, however, surprised to find that in the predominantly black African area of sub-Saharan Africa 100% of the people appearing are white. Any comments Ineos?

It's really not that hard to find stuff like this:

 

[ADVAW8S]

I bet the US launch will have 35 tires as an option since Americans need everything super sized.

 

[bigleonski]

Someone at Ineos really excelled at going the extra distance to provide that answer...

Given it’s likely to be technically illegal in some countries- Australia for example, I’m surprised they answered at all.

 

[DCPU]

This car had incredible off road capabilities. And with the front wheel drive, when you drove backwards, you could get up even the steepest trails.

Good in jungle tracks apparently...

The 2CV Pick-ups supplied to the Royal Navy

www.citroenet.org.uk

And if you wanted to go that bit further:


Just don't crash one:

 

[bigleonski]

When we did the Anne Beadell “highway”, one of the remotest and rugged tracks in Australia a few years ago, we came across about a dozen 2CV sedans in convoy traveling in the opposite direction. Poor buggers were having a few problems with the old rigs being shaken to pieces by the corrugations, but they we’re having an absolute ball.

 

[DCPU]

I thought the story was that it was suggested at the prototype stage that the 2CV should be able to carry a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any of them.

 

[Logsplitter]

I thought the story was that it was suggested at the prototype stage that the 2CV should be able to carry a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any of them.

That’s what I understood too

 

[emax]

The 2CV's safety was sub zero. About that of a bicycle.

But fun to drive and with passenger and back seat removed I once transported my Montesa 249 in it.

The one above equipped with chain hardly had a standard engine (if not a fake): It could hardly turn with 16 hp or even 28 hp.

 

[Krabby]

Watched the Namibia video series again (and reread this thread) and I must say the 35s look nice. But I cannot imagine they'll be a factory option even in the USA; maybe a second generation iteration, but not right off the bat.