The line used in the you tube videos 'Function over form' appeal's to me. Lots!
My day job doesn't need 'function over form', an hours commute crawling through Bristol traffic says function is an automatic eurobox with good sound insulation, and my Passatt does that well. An electric one if I had somewhere to charge it would be better.
So why is it I'm excited for the launch of this? I already
want one. For the odd weekend green lane camping trip? To chuck the canoe on it for weekends on the river? My 1969 IIa SW does that perfectly well enough. And I like having an old vehicle. But maybe the thought of lighter steering, syncromesh and relative silence is what appeals.
Maybe. But maybe I'll just let someone else suffer the initial depreciation.
But I do wonder if there is a demand outside of us lot for a 'function over form' vehicle that can be repaired in the field and 'hosed inside and out'. I
want one (and already have one made in 1969) but does the greater general public / utilities, NCO's / military want one in sufficient volume to make it viable when there are loads of pick ups that fill this sector? I'm not sure. But I still like it.
Paul