Even front seats, which seem rather minimalist in construction with little shaping prove supportive on a long drive. A first timer stepping up into the imposing cabin and eyeing the spindly gear lever and expensive pedals for the first time might also believe the Land Rover is difficult, exhausting truck like machine to drive, but nothing could be further from the truth. The styling is totally simplistic, the body just a big box made up of simple panels, and the doors hung on exposed hinges. Even getting fresh air into the cab remains a simple matter of opening the flaps in the front windscreen valence. And it goes deeper, to the uncomplicated box section chassis on winch the body is mounted, and winch carries the big coil sprung axels and mount the Td5 engine and gear boxes. But with this primitive simplicity come strength, excellent axle articulation and superb approach and departure angles. The traction control works by dabbing the breaks on any wheel that tends to spin, leaving drive directed to wheels that have grip. With this installed it becomes almost unstoppable.
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