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Default A funny thing happened to me on the way to Norwich...

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Two tons isn't *that* much for a big car. In fact a Defender 110 is
about three tons...

Andy

Bull****, Its two. At the most..


Really? Perhaps I've misunderstood the spec. but it looks like 3050Kg
to me. Where do you get your figures?


Perhaps you have. Looking at a manual I have for a early 80s Range Rover
the specification there gives the "Gross vehicle weight" as 2504 kg but
that is made up of kerb weight of 1723 kg plus maximum vehicle payload
of 780 kg.


I would be amazed if the modern Defender weighed in at nearly twice the
weight of a 25 year old Range Rover.



http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/Vehic...dimensions.htm