
Tom Sheppard on the Nobility of Wilderness, Crossing the Sahara, and Overlanding the Deserts.
The Overland Journal Podcast
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The ZF XC90 Is a Great Vehicle for the Price.
There was an initial production problem when they had to transfer for numbers, had to transfer production to a USA because it didn't go right. But the basic design is there as produced by ZF and then they got the production up up to it. In effect, it is an eight speed usable range of gears in point of at more like seven - 100 yards down the road each in third gear. First is kept for high days and holidays and sand that's that deep. And you can lock the rear diff. You can go into full time forward. It will revert to four by two all on its own. So everything is selectable, beautifully ergonomically placed and written and laid out
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