Synopsis
Land Rover has become acknowledged as manufacturers of the world's leading four- wheel drive vehicles. From beginnings more than 40 years ago as a one-model basic farm work horse, the product line now spans the automotive spectrum from the Range Rover LSE luxury limousine to the highly developed and versatile Defender range - considerably more comfortable than the original Land Rovers but just as tough as they ever were and now capable of even more impressive performance under even more demanding conditions. In those 40 years considerable expertise has been accumulated on the operation of four-wheel drive vehicles under all conditions and this knowledge is set down here in a highly accessible format for novice and seasoned fleet operator alike: · The ingredients of four-wheel drive · Operational preliminaries · Operations - the details · Recovery · Advanced driving · Tyres and loading · Technical data · Glossary and index During TOM SHEPPARD'S career in the Royal Air Force as a pilot and test pilot he planned, led and trained drivers for numerous expeditions and Operations - among them the first coast-to-coast crossing of the Sahara through the Mauritartiari Empty Quarter for which he received the Royal Geographical Society's Ness Award. He has totalled more than 66000 overland mile on four and two wheels and has been a Land Rover owner for over 25 years. He has since 1976 been an author and consultant on four-wheel drive, a subject about which he admits he will likely never stop learning.
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