Yes, we love the classic Land Rover.聽But it turns out the Russians make a great old-school 4×4, too.
Their version is called the聽聽and was famously used by Eastern Bloc militaries.聽In聽typical聽Soviet style,聽it's聽sparse, with聽few creature comforts save for power steering and a cigarette lighter. But it鈥檚 solidly built, with an all-metal body, metal bumper,聽and options for either a gas or diesel engine. Neither engine has much horsepower (128 horsepower聽for gas and聽113.5 horsepower for diesel),聽but both make up the the lack of oomph with聽pretty聽good gas mileage (29 miles per gallon聽for聽diesel and 24.5 miles per gallon for gas).聽
Unfortunately,聽the Hunter is not available in the U.S.聽If you want one, you鈥檒l need to find a foreign dealer,聽the nearest of whom is聽in Nicaragua.聽
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