| Overall Rating |
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| Description |
| Not recommended. Enormous old-fashioned Sports Utility Vehicle featuring tough construction and genuine off-road mastery. But crude and slow compared to more modern rivals. |
| Handling |
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| Comfort |
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| Quality & Reliability |
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| Performance |
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| Roominess |
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| Running Costs |
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| Value for Money |
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| Stereo/Sat Nav |
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| Best Models |
| SE 3-dr |
| Worst Models |
| SE+ 5-dr |
| Replacement |
| 2005 |
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| Road Test |
| Loved by UN peacekeepers, the Patrol is probably best left to the warzones that seem its natural habitat. It's enormously tough and almost unstoppable in the rough, but unrefined on normal roads. Ride quality is poor and handling is stodgy and sometimes vague. The 150 bhp turbo-diesel engine tries hard, but it can't motivate so much car more than very slowly. And the Patrol's enormous width makes it a nightmare to guide down narrow country lanes or urban streets. That said, the Patrol is great at towing big loads, has a spacious well-equipped interior and - in short-wheelbase three door form - offers good value as a tough workhorse. |
| Positive Points |
- Hugely roomy in five-door form; well equipped
- Tough, proven and good off-road
- Reliable with sensible running costs for its size
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| Negative Points |
- Looks elderly alongside latest Landcruiser or Shogun
- A handful in town; prone to body roll
- Depreciates more quickly than Shogun
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