Driving this pre production Santana on tarmac is surprisingly light throttle pedal make for a relaxed attitude. The parabolic leaf spring set up keep it level on bends, and unlike Land Rover Series III long wheelbase models your spine is not jarred every time you drive over anything more than a cat’s eye.
Little noise penetrates the cabin given its un aerodynamic shape and even at 70mph the wind noise was bearable. As you drove through towns, heads turned as people looked than looked again when they realized that they were not seeing what they first thought.
Off road the Santana seemed quite capable approach and departure angles are obviously similar to long wheelbase Land Rovers. With 200mm of ground clearance and a wading depth of 750mm farmers can rest assured the Santana will find no difficulty on even the toughest terrain. We purposely put the Santana cross axle in a whole and simply selected second low and allow the engine to pull us quality and calmly out.
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